[R] Survreg(), Surv() and interval-censored data
Charles Annis, P.E.
Charles.Annis at StatisticalEngineering.com
Mon Feb 13 18:25:33 CET 2006
How have you defined "event?"
library(survival)
?Surv
event: The status indicator, normally 0=alive, 1=dead. Other
choices are T/F (TRUE = death) or 1/2 (2=death). For interval
censored data, the status indicator is 0=right censored, 1=
event at 'time', 2=left censored, 3=interval censored.
Although unusual, the event indicator can be omitted, in
which case all subjects are assumed to have an event.
Charles Annis, P.E.
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[mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Stephen Richards
Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 11:45 AM
To: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
Subject: [R] Survreg(), Surv() and interval-censored data
Can survreg() handle interval-censored data like the documentation
says? I ask because the command:
survreg(Surv(start, stop, event) ~ 1, data = heart)
fails with the error message
Invalid survival type
yet the documentation for Surv() states:
"Presently, the only methods allowing interval censored data are
the parametric models computed by 'survreg'"
Any pointers as to what I'm missing?
Stephen
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