DOI

We consider the Case 1 interval censoring approach for right-censored survival data. An important feature of the model is that right-censored event times are not observed exactly, but at some inspection times. The model covers as particular cases right-censored data, current status data, and life table survival data with a single inspection time. We discuss the nonparametric estimation approach and consider three nonparametric estimators for the survival function of failure time: maximum likelihood, pseudolikelihood, and the naïve estimator. We establish strong consistency of the estimators with the L 1 rate of convergence. Simulation results confirm consistency of the estimators.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)475-495
Number of pages21
JournalStatistica Neerlandica
Volume73
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019

    Research areas

  • competing risks, independent censoring, interval censoring, nonparametric maximum likelihood estimate, right censoring, survival data, LIFE TABLE, CONVERGENCE, COMPETING RISKS, EMPIRICAL DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION

    Scopus subject areas

  • Statistics and Probability
  • Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty

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