Exact and asymptotic weighted logrank tests for interval censored data: The interval R package

Journal of Statistical Software

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1-34

  Fay, Michael P ^a   Shaw, Pamela A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Exact tests; Logrank test; Network algorithm; R; Wilcoxon test

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958084742     PISSN: 15487660     EISSN: 15487660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18637/jss.v036.i02     Document Type: Article

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