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Table 1 Statistical analysis on censored datasets

From: Sensitivity of censored data analysis to determine the characteristic value of structural timber

 

Parametric approach

Non-parametric approach

Ordinary data analysis

Maximum likelihood estimation (MLE)

Order statistics

Censored data analysis

Censored maximum likelihood estimation (CMLE):

(1) with all censored data

(2) with 30% lower tail censored data

Kaplan–Meier method (KM method)