Definition:Censored Observation/Right
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Definition
Consider a statistical study which involves times to failure.
Such data may be incomplete, in the sense that some experimental units:
- may not have failed by the end of the study
or:
- may have been withdrawn or lost before failure.
Such data are said to be right censored.
Also see
- Results about censored observations can be found here.
Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): censored observation
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): censored observation