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12.7 One hundred AIDS patients were given a new drug to test. The results were as follows: Years on drug Number of deaths Number of withdrawals (censors) 1 5 2 2 8 4 3 12 2 4 18 10 5 24 12 Withdrawals occurred when patients left the test area or died from causes not related to the AIDS disease. Construct a life table to estimate the probability (reliability) that a patient will survive at least 5 years.

Name: 127 one hundred aids patients were given a new drug to test the results were as follows years on drug number of deaths number of withdrawals censors 1 5 2 2 8 4 3 12 2 4 18 10 5 24 12 withdr 48588
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Description: 127 one hundred aids patients were given a new drug to test the results were as follows years on drug number of deaths number of withdrawals censors 1 5 2 2 8 4 3 12 2 4 18 10 5 24 12 withdr 48588

          12.7 One hundred AIDS patients were given a new drug to test. The results were as follows:

Years on drug Number of deaths Number of withdrawals (censors)
1 5 2
2 8 4
3 12 2
4 18 10
5 24 12

Withdrawals occurred when patients left the test area or died from causes not related to the AIDS disease. Construct a life table to estimate the probability (reliability) that a patient will survive at least 5 years.

127 one hundred aids patients were given a new drug to test the results were as follows years on drug number of deaths number of withdrawals censors 1 5 2 2 8 4 3 12 2 4 18 10 5 24 12 withdr 48588

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Elementary Statistics a Step by Step Approach

Allan G. Bluman 9th Edition

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09/05/2022

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We start with 100 patients. | Year | Number at start | Number of deaths | Number of withdrawals | Number at end | |---|---|---|---|---| | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 100 | | 1 | 100 | 5 | 2 | 93 | | 2 | 93 | 8 | 4 | 81 | | 3 | 81 | 12 | 2 | 67 | | 4 | 67 | 18 | 10 | 39 Show more…

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12.7 One hundred AIDS patients were given a new drug to test. The results were as follows: Years on drug Number of deaths Number of withdrawals (censors) 1 5 2 2 8 4 3 12 2 4 18 10 5 24 12 Withdrawals occurred when patients left the test area or died from causes not related to the AIDS disease. Construct a life table to estimate the probability (reliability) that a patient will survive at least 5 years.