A comparison of three families of survival distributions for quantal response data.
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.
Department of Management Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong. mssktse@cityu.edu.hk
Siu Keung
SK
Tse
Hak Keung
HK
Yuen
D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015233:Models, Statistical; D016008:Statistical Distributions; D016019:Survival Analysis