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A relationship between two forms of linear rank procedures for censored data
School of Computer and Information Science, Syracuse University Syracuse, New York, U.S.A.
Biomathematics Modeling Branch, U.S.A.F. School of Aerospace Medicine Brooks Air, Force Base, Texas, U.S.A.
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Nebraska Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A.
This paper gives a useful relationship between two popular classes of linear rank statistics for arbitrarily right censored data. The relationship allows a linear rank procedure with certain optimal properties to be transformed into the form of a procedure having established asymptotic properties under proportional hazards alternatives.
Key Words: Accelerated failure time model Censored data Life testing Linear rank test