dc.contributor.advisor | Sun, Jianguo, 1961- | eng |
dc.contributor.author | Chen, Ling, 1973- | eng |
dc.date.issued | 2009 | eng |
dc.date.submitted | 2009 Summer | eng |
dc.description | Title from PDF of title page (University of Missouri--Columbia, viewed on September 13, 2010). | eng |
dc.description | The entire thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file; a non-technical public abstract appears in the public.pdf file. | eng |
dc.description | Dissertation advisor: Dr. Jianguo Sun. | eng |
dc.description | Vita. | eng |
dc.description | Ph. D. University of Missouri--Columbia 2009. | eng |
dc.description.abstract | [ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This dissertation discusses regression analysis of interval-censored failure time data, which occur in many fields including demographical, epidemiological, financial, medical, and sociological studies (Sun, 2006). It consists of three parts. The first part considers regression analysis of current status data under the additive hazards model and in particular, we considered the situation where the observation times depend on covariates. The second part considers regression analysis of interval-censored failure time data under the additive hazards model and time-dependent covariates. The third part considers regression analysis of interval-censored failure time data under the linear transformation model. For these situations, we proposed a general semiparametric method based on multiple imputation for inference under the regression models. This multiple imputation converts the analysis of interval-censored failure time data to that of right-censored failure time data. A major advantage of the approach is its simplicity and it can be easily implemented by using the existing software packages for right-censored failure time data. Extensive simulation studies are conducted and indicate that the approaches perform well for practical situations and are comparable to the existing methods. Real data applications are provided and model checking is discussed. | eng |
dc.description.bibref | Includes bibliographical references. | eng |
dc.format.extent | vii, 109 pages | eng |
dc.identifier.oclc | 695995934 | eng |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10355/9688 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.32469/10355/9688 | eng |
dc.language | English | eng |
dc.publisher | University of Missouri--Columbia | eng |
dc.relation.ispartofcommunity | University of Missouri--Columbia. Graduate School. Theses and Dissertations | eng |
dc.rights | Access is limited to the campus of the University of Missouri--Columbia. | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Regression analysis | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Interval analysis (Mathematics) | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Failure time data analysis | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Linear models (Statistics) | eng |
dc.title | Multiple imputation approaches to regression analysis of interval-censored failure time data | eng |
dc.type | Thesis | eng |
thesis.degree.discipline | Statistics (MU) | eng |
thesis.degree.grantor | University of Missouri--Columbia | eng |
thesis.degree.level | Doctoral | eng |
thesis.degree.name | Ph. D. | eng |