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Zbl 0843.62035
Li, Gang
Nonparametric likelihood ratio estimation of probabilities for truncated data. (English)
[J] J. Am. Stat. Assoc. 90, No.431, 997-1003 (1995). ISSN 0162-1459; ISSN 1537-274X/e

Summary: We consider the problem of interval estimation of probabilities for randomly truncated data. The best-known method is based on the normal approximation of the product-limit estimator and has a drawback that it may produce intervals containing impossible values outside the range [0,1]. Its small-sample performance is also not satisfactory.\par We investigate an alternative approach that derives confidence intervals directly from a conditional nonparametric likelihood ratio. The method is an exact nonparametric analog of the classical parametric likelihood ratio theory, with the parameter space now being the family of all distributions. It has the appealing property that the resulting confidence intervals are always subintervals of [0,1]. It also demonstrated a better small-sample performance in our simulation studies. This approach is generalized to obtain confidence intervals for the ratio of two probabilities, make joint inferences on any finite number of probabilities, and testing goodness of fit of a given distribution function. The small-sample performances of three different methods are investigated in a Monte Carlo study. An illustration is also given using the Centers for Disease Control's transfusion related aquired immune deficiency syndrome data.

MSC 2000:: *62G05 Nonparametric estimation
62G15 Nonparametric confidence regions, etc.
62P10 Appl. of statistics to biology

Keywords: empirical likelihood; incubation period; interval estimation; randomly truncated data; product-limit estimator; confidence intervals; conditional nonparametric likelihood ratio; simulation studies; testing goodness of fit; aquired immune deficiency syndrome data

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