On robustness and model flexibility in survival analysis: Transformed hazard models and average effects

Biometrics

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 69-77

  Gustafson, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Additive hazards; Bayesian analysis; Box Cox transformation; Proportional hazards; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS; HAZARDS; LINEAR TRANSFORMATIONS; METADATA; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ADDITIVE HAZARDS; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BOX COX TRANSFORMATION; FAILURE TIME; HAZARD MODELING; LINEAR PREDICTORS; MODELING FLEXIBILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRANSFORMATION PARAMETERS;

BIOMETRICS;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; HAZARD; MODELING; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; AVERAGING; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; COVARIANCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL;

EID: 34247198916     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: 15410420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0420.2006.00679.x     Document Type: Article

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