Asymptotic results for fitting semiparametric transformation models to failure time data from case-cohort studies

Statistica Sinica

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 135-151

  Kong, Lan ^a,c   Cai, Jianwen ^b,d   Sen, Pranab K ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic distribution; Case cohort design; Consistency; Finite population sampling; Semiparametric transformation models; U statistic

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646385625     PISSN: 10170405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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