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In Chapter 4, we presented two techniques for providing summary curves which tell us about the survival experience of a cohort of individuals. These two estimators were the Kaplan-Meier estimator, which provides an estimate of the survival function, and the Nelson-Aalan estimator, which provides an estimate of the cumulative hazard rate. These statistics are readily available in many statistical packages.
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Klein, J.P., Moeschberger, M.L. (1997). Topics in Univariate Estimation. In: Survival Analysis. Statistics for Biology and Health. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2728-9_6
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