Choosing the Cut Point for a Restricted Mean in Survival Analysis, a Data Driven Method

Survival Analysis generally uses the median survival time as a common summary statistic. While the median possesses the desirable characteristic of being unbiased, there are times when it is not the best statistic to describe the data at hand. Royston and Parmar (2011) provide an argument that the r...

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Main Author: Sheldon, Emily H
Format: Others
Published: VCU Scholars Compass 2013
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Online Access:http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/3121
http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4120&context=etd