Abstract
This paper extends the results of AL-Hussaini and Jaheen (1992) and develops approximate Bayes estimators of the two (unknown) parameters, reliability and failure rate functions of the Burr type XII failure model by using the method of Tierney and Kadane (1986) based on type-2 censored samples. Comparisons are made between those estimators and their corresponding Bayes estimators obtained by using the method of Lindley (1980) together with the maximum likelihood estimators based on Monte Carlo simulation study.