Testing goodness of fit of a uniform truncation model.

@article{Mandel2007TestingGO,
  title={Testing goodness of fit of a uniform truncation model.},
  author={Michael D. Mandel and Rebecca A. Betensky},
  journal={Biometrics},
  year={2007},
  volume={63 2},
  pages={
          405-12
        }
}
Several goodness-of-fit tests of a lifetime distribution have been suggested in the literature; many take into account censoring and/or truncation of event times. In some contexts, a goodness-of-fit test for the truncation distribution is of interest. In particular, better estimates of the lifetime distribution can be obtained when knowledge of the truncation law is exploited. In cross-sectional sampling, for example, there are theoretical justifications for the assumption of a uniform… 
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