Testing for differences in distribution tails to test for differences in 'maximum' lifespan

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Gao, Guimin ^a   Wan, Wen ^a   Zhang, Sijian ^a   Redden, David T ^a   Allison, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; LIFESPAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; SIMULATION; SURVIVAL RATE; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OBSERVATION; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 51249083192     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-8-49     Document Type: Article

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