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Survivorship data can be effectively summarized using the shape and scale parameters of the Weibull frequency distribution. The shape parameter controls the rate of change of the age—specific mortality rate and, therefore, the general form of the survivorship curve. Estimates of shape and scale parameters and their confidence intervals can be easily calculated and used to compare survivorship curves of different populations.
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Pinder et al. (1978) studied this question.
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