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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2016 iii Paper 207 6 b ii Solution by
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An individual has neither died nor been censored by time exactly when and . Under independent censoring, this has probability . Thus the probability of leaving observation by either route isThe two pieces agree at . The expression counts the first of death and censoring, so it does not double-count individuals who would eventually experience both.
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