A sample size formula for the supremum log-rank statistic

Biometrics

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 86-91

  Eng, Kevin Hasegawa ^a   Kosorok, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Brownian motion with drift; Contiguous alternatives; Counting processes; Renyi type supremum; Sample size formula; Weighted log rank statistics

Indexed keywords

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; STATISTICS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

BROWNIAN MOTION WITH DRIFT; CONTIGUOUS ALTERNATIVE; COUNTING PROCESS; POWER; RANK STATISTICS; RENYI-TYPE SUPREMA; SAMPLE SIZE FORMULA; SAMPLE SIZES; SUPREMUM; WEIGHTED LOG-RANK STATISTIC;

HAZARDS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

EID: 15044349391     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0006-341X.2005.031206.x     Document Type: Article

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