How to analyse seed germination data using statistical time-to-event analysis: Non-parametric and semi-parametric methods

Seed Science Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 77-95

  McNair, James N ^a   Sunkara, Anusha ^a   Frobish, Daniel ^a  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

failure time analysis; frailty; Kaplan Meier estimator; life table estimator; log rank test; reliability analysis; survival analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860776275     PISSN: 09602585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0960258511000547     Document Type: Review

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