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Measurement of Survival Time in Brachionus Rotifers: Synchronization of Maternal Conditions
Published on: July 22, 2016
A comparison of three families of survival distributions for quantal response data
Siu Keung Tse1, Hak Keung Yuen
1Department of Management Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong. mssktse@cityu.edu.hk
Abstract:
In clinical studies, it is common to search for a suitable distribution function to model the survival pattern of test subjects after a treatment is administered to them. Though many distributions have appeared in the statistical literature, this study explores a family of three-parameter distributions, namely, the exponentiated Weibull family, and compares its performance with the other two popular families. Results suggest that the three families show similar performance. Three data sets, which are published in the literature, are reanalysed for illustration purposes.
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