Foundation Design: Principles and Practices (3rd Edition)
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Author: Donald P. Coduto, William A. Kitch, Man-chu Ronald Yeung
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Figure 2.1 shows the PDF for a normal distribution determined from the unconfined compression tests shown in the histogram. Does the mean and standard deviation of this PDF represent aleatory or epistemic uncertainty? Explain.
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