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Activity Number:
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153
- Recent Developments in Functional Data Analysis and Empirical Likelihood Methods in Biostatistics
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Type:
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Topic Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Monday, July 31, 2017 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
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Sponsor:
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Biometrics Section
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Abstract #322858
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Title:
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Empirical Likelihood Confidence Intervals for Mean Medical Cost
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Author(s):
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Gengsheng Qin* and Jenny Jeyarajah
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Companies:
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Georgia State University and Georgia State University
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Keywords:
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Mean Medical Cost ;
Empirical Likelihood ;
Censored Data ;
Confidence Interval
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Abstract:
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In this talk, we discuss empirical likelihood methods based on influence function and jackknife techniques to construct confidence intervals for mean medical cost with censored data. Simulation studies are conducted to compare coverage probabilities and interval lengths of the proposed confidence intervals with the existing normal approximation-based confidence intervals. The proposed methods are observed to have better finite-sample performances than existing methods. The new methods are also illustrated through a real example.
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Authors who are presenting talks have a * after their name.
