Empirical likelihood analysis of the rank estimator for the censored accelerated failure time model

Biometrika

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 492-498

  Zhou, Mai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gehan statistic; Survival data; Weighted log rank statistic; Wilks theorem

Indexed keywords

EID: 21644456682     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/92.2.492     Document Type: Article

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