Nonparametric and Semiparametric Methods for Interval-censored Failure Time Data

Download or read book Nonparametric and Semiparametric Methods for Interval-censored Failure Time Data written by Chao Zhu and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interval-censored failure time data commonly arise in follow-up studies such as clinical trials and epidemiology studies. For their analysis, what interests researcher most includes comparisons of survival functions for different groups and regression analysis. This dissertation, which consists of three parts, consider these problems on two types of interval-censored data by using nonparametric and semiparametric methods.