Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2012/iii/paper-41/4/b/solution

Use the A-group observed-minus-expected convention for the stratified log-rank statistic. At the first failure both teeth are at risk, so A has one observed event and null expectation , giving . At the later B failure, A is no longer at risk; the A contribution is zero. This patient's contribution is , favoring B. The opposite group convention reverses the sign but gives the same test.

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