Xing Yuan wrote:
> Dear List,
>
> Does anybody no how to compare mean survival times for two (more) groups in
> R? What test statistics should I use?

You should be careful considering the mean survival time, because censoring in survival data often makes the mean less informative.  The median survival time is what is generally recommended for testing (i.e. in survdiff) and the statistical test of the median survival times following the methods in Harrington and Fleming (1982) Biometrika v.69 pp553-566.

Corey

Corey S. Sparks, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor 
Department of Demography and Organization Studies
University of Texas San Antonio
One UTSA Circle 
San Antonio, TX 78249
email:corey.sparks@utsa.edu




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