Linear Rank Tests for Interval-Censored Data with Application to PCB Levels in Adipose Tissue of Transformer Repair Workers

Abstract
Linear rank statistics are described for testing for differences between groups when the data are interval-censored. The statistics are closely related to those described by Prentice (1978, Biometrika 65, 167-179) for right-censored data. Problems in calculating the statistics are discussed and several approaches to computation including estimation of the efficient rank scores are described. Results from a small simulation study are presented. The methods are applied to data from a study relating tissue levels of PCBs to occupational exposure.

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