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A DISTRIBUTION–FREE CONFIDENCE INTERVAL FOR THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN QUANTILES WITH CENSORED DATA
Author(s) -
Chakraborti S.,
Desu M. M.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
statistica neerlandica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1467-9574
pISSN - 0039-0402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9574.1986.tb01194.x
Subject(s) - quantile , confidence interval , mathematics , statistics , context (archaeology) , interval (graph theory) , sample (material) , sample size determination , econometrics , combinatorics , paleontology , chemistry , chromatography , biology
. In the context of a two–sample problem, a confidence interval for the difference of appropriate quantiles of the two survival distributions is described. This method is especially useful when the data include some right–censored observations. A relevant mathematical result is proved.