On corrected score approach for proportional hazards model with covariate measurement error |
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Authors: | Song Xiao Huang Yijian |
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Institution: | Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Box 357232, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA. songx@u.washington.edu |
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Abstract: | In the presence of covariate measurement error with the proportional hazards model, several functional modeling methods have been proposed. These include the conditional score estimator (Tsiatis and Davidian, 2001, Biometrika 88, 447-458), the parametric correction estimator (Nakamura, 1992, Biometrics 48, 829-838), and the nonparametric correction estimator (Huang and Wang, 2000, Journal of the American Statistical Association 95, 1209-1219) in the order of weaker assumptions on the error. Although they are all consistent, each suffers from potential difficulties with small samples and substantial measurement error. In this article, upon noting that the conditional score and parametric correction estimators are asymptotically equivalent in the case of normal error, we investigate their relative finite sample performance and discover that the former is superior. This finding motivates a general refinement approach to parametric and nonparametric correction methods. The refined correction estimators are asymptotically equivalent to their standard counterparts, but have improved numerical properties and perform better when the standard estimates do not exist or are outliers. Simulation results and application to an HIV clinical trial are presented. |
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Keywords: | Conditional score Corrected score Measurement error Nonparametric correction Parametric correction Proportional hazards Survival |
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