The Large Sample Distribution of the Weighted Log Rank Statistic under General Local Alternatives

Lifetime Data Analysis

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 5-12

  Ewell, Marian ^a   Ibrahim, Joseph G ^b  

^a EMMES CORPORATION   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Cure rate model; Power; Sample size; Weighted log rank

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; LIFE TABLE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL;

CLINICAL TRIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; LIFE TABLES; LINEAR MODELS; NEOPLASMS; SAMPLE SIZE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030632215     PISSN: 13807870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009690200504     Document Type: Article

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