Two-sample rank tests for censored data with non-predictable weights

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-59

  Janssen, Arnold ^a   Neuhaus, Georg ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asymptotic null distribution; Discrete parameter martingales; Random censoring; Rank statistics with non predictable weights; Treatment of ties; Unequal censoring distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031590999     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-3758(96)00125-5     Document Type: Article

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