Abstract
We present an asymptotic exponential bound for the deviation of the survival function estimator of the Cox model. We show that the bound holds even when the proportional hazards assumption does not hold.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1267-1272 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Statistics and Probability Letters |
Volume | 82 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 2012 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors are grateful to the anonymous reviewer for helpful suggestions and comments. The first author thanks Jason Fine for encouragement to write this paper. The second author was funded in part by grant CA142538 from the National Cancer Institute .
Keywords
- Cox model
- Exponential bound
- Model misspecification
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Statistics and Probability
- Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty