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Some Extensions to the Stochastic Study of the Life Table
Author(s) -
Nair T. U.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
biometrical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.108
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1521-4036
pISSN - 0323-3847
DOI - 10.1002/bimj.4710270516
Subject(s) - table (database) , statistics , mathematics , variance (accounting) , sample size determination , sample (material) , life table , covariance matrix , maximum likelihood , econometrics , computer science , demography , data mining , sociology , population , chemistry , accounting , chromatography , business
This article discusses the application of statistical techniques in the analysis of the life table. Using a piece‐wise continuous model for the mortality pattern, the maximum likelihood estimates of the probabilities of dying, qi in a life table are obtained. From the form of the covariance matrix it is deduced that the estimates are asymptotically independent. The distribution of qi and its large sample variance are also derived.