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 language | English |
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Journal | Teaching Statistics |
Volume | 38 |
Issue number | 2 |
Pages (from-to) | 45-49 |
Number of pages | 5 |
ISSN | 0141-982X |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jun 2016 |