Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2018 / iii / Paper 207 / 5 / b / ii / Solution

Taking logarithms of the Cox partial likelihood givesDifferentiate each term, using the chain rule for the logarithm:This score function is the sum over failures of the observed covariate minus its current risk-weighted mean. Define that mean as ${\overline{z}}_{\beta }(x_i)$; observations with $v_i=0$ have no direct event term, although they occur in the relevant risk sets.