Two-sample tests of the equality of two cumulative incidence functions

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 4269-4281

  Bajorunaite, Ruta ^a   Klein, John P ^b  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Competing risks; Cumulative incidence function; Two sample tests

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RISKS; STATISTICS;

COMPETING RISKS; CUMULATIVE INCIDENCE FUNCTIONS; TWO-SAMPLE TESTS;

DATA REDUCTION;

EID: 34147132305     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2006.05.011     Document Type: Article

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