Abstract

Survival is difficult to estimate when observation periods of individuals differ in length. Students imagine sailing the Titanic and then recording whether they "live" or "die". A clever algorithm is performed which results in the Kaplan-Meier estimate of survival.

Original languageEnglish
JournalTeaching Statistics
Volume38
Issue number2
Pages (from-to)45-49
Number of pages5
ISSN0141-982X
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jun 2016

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