A PAIRED PRENTICE-WILCOXON TEST FOR CENSORED PAIRED DATA
A PAIRED PRENTICE-WILCOXON TEST FOR CENSORED PAIRED DATA
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DOI:
10.2307/2531957
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发表时间:
1987-03-01
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1.9
通讯作者:
FLEMING, TR
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作者:
OBRIEN, PC;FLEMING, TR
Prentice (1978, Biometrika 65, 167-179) has provided a censored-data generalization of classical linear rank statistics. This paper investigates a method to generalize the Prentice statistics to the analysis of censored paired data. Particular emphasis is given to the paired-data version of the Prentice-Wilcoxon statistic, with discussion of the reasons for preferring Prentice over the Gehan scores. The paired Prentice-Wilcoxon (PPW) statistic makes use of interblock information and can be viewed as a censored-data generalization of the Conover-Iman (1981, The American Statistician 35, 124-129) "paired t test on the ranks" or of the Lam-Longnecker (1983, Biometrika 70, 510-513) modified Wilcoxon rank sum statistic. In simulations comparing the PPW, sign, and generalized signed rank (GSR) statistics, the PPW is most powerful against all but the exponential scale alternative. Furthermore, the small advantage of the GSR over the PPW in that alternative is lost if outlier pairs are introduced. When compared to the two-sample Prentice-Wilcoxon statistic, the PPW is nearly as powerful in uncorrelated data and its power becomes superior as correlation between paired members increases.