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Confidence Bands For Survival Functions Under Semiparametric Random Censorship Models, Peixin Zhang
Confidence Bands For Survival Functions Under Semiparametric Random Censorship Models, Peixin Zhang
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In medical reports point estimates and pointwise confidence intervals of parameters are usually displayed. When the parameter is a survival function, however, the approach of joining the upper end points of individual interval estimates obtained at several points and likewise for the lower end points would not produce bands that include the entire survival curve with a given confidence. Simultaneous confidence bands, which allow confidence statements to be valid for the entire survival curve,would be more meaningful
This dissertation focuses on a novel method of developing one-sample confidence bands for survival functions from right censored data. The approach is model- …