Kaplan-Meier Survival Estimator
Estimate survival over time with the product-limit estimator from right-censored durations.
Description
Estimate survival over time with the product-limit estimator from right-censored durations.
Kaplan-Meier Survival Estimator is a focused tool for the following task. Estimate survival over time with the product-limit estimator from right-censored durations. It reports Final survival, Step count, Survival table from the values you provide rather than inventing measurements, coefficients, or professional judgment that are not part of the input.
When to use Kaplan-Meier Survival Estimator
Use this calculation to reproduce a defined quantitative method when the observations, units, sampling process, and assumptions match the method shown here.
- Times
- Required list. Non-negative follow-up durations.
- Event indicators
- Required list. One means an event was observed, zero means right-censored; aligned with the times.
The cited overview of Statistics supplies background for the terminology and domain context used by this tool.1
How Kaplan-Meier Survival Estimator works
Estimate survival over time with the product-limit estimator from right-censored durations. Inputs are interpreted exactly in the displayed units and the calculation returns the following fields without presentation rounding.
- Final survival
- Returned number. Survival probability after the last event time; one when nothing was observed to fail.
- Step count
- Returned integer. Number of distinct event times.
- Survival table
- Returned list. One row per distinct event time: time, survival probability, subjects at risk, deaths.
Limitations and assumptions
- A numerical result does not by itself establish data quality, causation, representativeness, independence, distributional fit, or practical significance.
- Use finite inputs in the displayed units, preserve source measurements and assumptions, and independently verify consequential decisions.
Alternative or Complementary approaches
Inspect the underlying data, visualize its distribution, report uncertainty and sample size, and compare the result with a robust or domain-specific method where appropriate.
References
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Statistics — Wikipedia contributors
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