Bayesian Inferences in the Cox Model for Order-Restricted Hypotheses

Biometrics

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 916-923

  Dunson, David B ^a   Herring, Amy H ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Categorical covariates; Gibbs sampler; Isotonic Regression; Monotonicity; Multiple comparisons; Proportional hazards; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; HAZARDS; STATISTICAL TESTS;

CATEGORICAL COVARIATE; COVARIATES; COX MODEL; GIBBS SAMPLERS; ISOTONIC REGRESSION; MONOTONICITY; MULTIPLE COMPARISON; NULL HYPOTHESIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS);

ALTEPLASE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

MODEL;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STROKE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0347994077     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0006-341X.2003.00106.x     Document Type: Article

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