Specifically, this standard is intended for analyzing failure-time (tf) data obtained from a stress test of a sample of units when the natural logarithm of the failure-time (ln tf) follow a normal distribution.
This standard is not intended to describe techniques used to determine how well the failure data fits a lognormal distribution. However, if points lie along a straight line for plots generated in section 8 the lognormal distribution estimators will describe the points along the line.