Kaplan-Meier Estimator
The Kaplan-Meier estimator is a nonparametric method for estimating the survival function S(t) — the probability that an individual survives beyond time t — from data that include censored observations. Introduced by Edward L. Kaplan and Paul Meier in their landmark 1958 JASA paper, it is the standard first step in any survival analysis and is among the most-cited statistical methods in biomedical research.
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- Kaplan, E. L., & Meier, P. (1958). Nonparametric estimation from incomplete observations. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 53(282), 457–481. · DOI 10.1080/01621459.1958.10501452
- Collett, D. (2015). Modelling Survival Data in Medical Research (3rd ed.). CRC Press. · ISBN 978-1439856789
- Kleinbaum, D. G., & Klein, M. (2012). Survival Analysis: A Self-Learning Text (3rd ed.). Springer. · ISBN 978-1441966452
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