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Establishing a Competing Risk Regression Nomogram Model for Survival Data
Published on: October 23, 2020
Simple linear regression with interval censored dependent and independent variables
Marcel F de Lima Taga1, Julio M Singer1
1Departamento de Estatística, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Abstract:
We consider a simple linear regression model that accommodates situations where both the dependent and the independent variables are interval censored. We obtain maximum likelihood estimators of its parameters and compare their performance with that of estimators derived under ordinary linear regression models. We also develop prediction intervals for the response and illustrate the results with data from an audiometric study designed to evaluate the possibility of prediction of behavioural thresholds from physiological thresholds.
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