Logistic regression, survival analysis, and the kaplan–meier curve

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 83, Issue 402, 1988, Pages 414-425

  Efron, Bradley ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hazard rate estimates; Parametric smoothing; Parametric survival curves; Partial logistic regression; Semi parametric smoothing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84950442000     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.1988.10478612     Document Type: Article

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