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Estimation procedures and confidence intervals are given for the median and mean survival time in the proportional hazard regression model. For median survival, the methods apply to censored data. The ...

A kernel regression imputation method for missing response data is developed. A class of bias-corrected empirical log-likelihood ratios for the response mean is defined. It is shown that any member of ...

Confidence intervals estimate likelihood of a data set's accuracy, aiding financial decisions. Utilizing confidence intervals in risk management helps stabilize cost forecasts. Larger sample sizes ...