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A method 10 for analyzing the attribute of a product by probabilistically modeling certain variables associated with the product.

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1. A method for evaluating the reliability of a certain type of vehicle comprising the steps of: identifying a plurality of said vehicles of said certain type; acquiring data from each of said plurality of identified vehicles, wherein said data includes at least a first measurable metric for eac

1. A method for evaluating the reliability of a certain type of vehicle comprising the steps of: identifying a plurality of said vehicles of said certain type; acquiring data from each of said plurality of identified vehicles, wherein said data includes at least a first measurable metric for each of said plurality of identified vehicles and at least a second measurable metric for each of said plurality of identified vehicles; creating a graph of said data by plotting each of said first and second metrics relative to each other; forming said data into discrete percentile groupings, wherein each of said discrete percentile groupings include data from each identified vehicle which are within a certain range of said first and said second metrics; and assigning a probability of occurrence to each percentile grouping by forming curves upon said graph which connects all of said discrete percentile groupings corresponding to a unique one of said percentiles. 2. The method of claim 1 wherein said data comprises mileage and time in service data. 3. The method of claim 1 wherein each of said certain ranges is a multiple of about five percent. 4. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of: forming a table containing values corresponding to each of said discrete percentile groupings, wherein each of said values is substantially equal to a probable occurrence of said discrete percentile grouping. 5. The method of claim 1 wherein said step of creating a graph of said data by plotting each of said first and second metrics relative to each other further comprises the steps of: creating a first axis which corresponds to said first measurable metric; and creating a second axis which corresponds to said second measurable metric. 6. The method of claim 4 wherein said step of forming a table containing values corresponding to each of said discrete percentile groupings, wherein each of said values is substantially equal to a probable occurrence of said discrete percentile grouping comprises the steps of: creating a first axis which corresponds to said first measurable metric; and creating a second axis which corresponds to said second measurable metric. 7. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of: storing said data within a computer.