VII. A. 1. b. Types of Data – Censored Data

VII. Data Collection and Use
A. Data Collection

1. Types of Data (Evaluate)

Identify and distinguish between various types of data (e.g., attributes vs. variable, discrete vs. continuous, censored vs. complete, univariate vs. multivariate). Select appropriate data types to meet various analysis objectives.

With some data we do not have all the information — that is ok, we can deal.

 

Additional References

Censored Data and CDF Plotting Points (article)

Quick Quiz

1-63. Sixty units are each tested for 80 hours. During the test several units fail, at which point they are removed from further testing. Identify which types of censoring have occurred.

I.   single censoring

II.  right censoring

III. time censoring

IV. type I censoring.

(A) I and II only
(B) II and III only
(C) II, III, and IV only
(D) I, II, III, and IV

Answer Discussion