In this paper we propose a new two-parameters distribution, which is an extension of the Lindley distribution with increasing and bathtub-shaped failure rate, called as the Lindley-logarithmic (LL) distribution. The new distribution is obtained by compounding Lindley (L) and Logarithmic distributions. We obtain several properties of the new distribution such as its probability density function, its failure rate functions, quantiles and moments. The maximum likelihood estimation procedure via a EM-algorithm is presented in this paper. At the end, in order to show the flexibility and potentiality of this new class, some series of real data is used to fit.

In this paper, an approximate tolerance interval is presented for the discrete size-biased Poisson-Lindley distribution. This approximate tolerance interval, is constructed based on large sample Wald confidence interval for the parameter of the size-biased Poisson-Lindley distribution. Then, coverage probabilities and expected widths of the proposed tolerance interval is considered. The results show that the coverage probabilities have a better performance for the small values of the parameter and are close to the nominal confidence level, and are conservative for the large values of the parameter. Finally, an applicable example is provided for illustrating approximate tolerance interval.