Skip Navigation

Biometrika 1982 69(2):351-364; doi:10.1093/biomet/69.2.351
© 1982 by Biometrika Trust
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by CUZICK, J.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

Rank tests for association with right censored data

JACK CUZICK

Cancer Epidemiology and Clinical Trials Unit, The Raddiffe Infirmary Oxford

Rank tests for association between a time variable and a continuous covariate, and between two time variables are given in the presence of censoring. In the first case, these tests are related to the semiparametric tests of Cox (1972) and Prentice (1978) but differ in that the covariate is replaced by a score computed from its rank. In the second case, the test statistic is again a simple inner product, which in the proportional hazards model reduces to the correlation between the two vectors of log rank scores. The loss of efficiency arising from incorrect score functions is also explored when there is no censoring.

Key Words: Censored data • Correlation • Linear rank test • Proportional hazard • Survival analysis • Tests of association


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?




Disclaimer:
Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.