Goodness-of-Fit Tests for Censored Survival Data

The problem of testing the underlying distribution in a general regression model is considered when the data are right censored. It is proposed that tests be based on efficient scores from a certain class of parametric alternatives. The connection between tests based on the scores and more traditional approaches using empirical distribution functions is explored. Neyman's smooth test is extended to allow for censored data.

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