使用软件进行生存分析模拟教程mai zhou统计系c pl 2 survival analysis in 2.pdfVIP

UseSoftwareRtodoSurvivalAnalysisand

Simulation.Atutorial

MaiZhou

DepartmentofStatistics,UniversityofKentucky

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GPL2.0copyrighted

InthisshorttutorialwesupposeyoualreadyhaveR(version1.5.0orlater)installed,andknow

howtostartandquitR.Ifnot,pleaselookatmynotesInstallandUseRonWindowsPC.Thisnotes

shouldworkforbothWindowsversionandLinuxversionofR.NowstartRandcontinue

1LoadthepackageSurvival

Alotoffunctions(anddatasets)forsurvivalanalysisisinthepackagesurvival,soweneedtoloadit

first.Thisisapackageintherecommendedlist,ifyoudownloadedthebinarywheninstallingR,most

likelyitisincludedwiththebasepackage.Ifforsomereasonyoudonothavethepackagesurvival,

youneedtoinstallitfirst.TheeasiestwayistostartRandclickthebuttonInstallpackagefrom

CRAN...andfollowinstructionfromthere.

Rcommands:

library()#seethelistofavailablepackages

library(survival)#loadit.Youcanalso

#clickthepulldownmanualforpackagesandloadit.

library(help=survival)#seethelistofavailablefunctionsanddatasets.

data(aml)#loadthedatasetaml

aml#seethedata

Onefeatureofsurvivalanalysisisthatthedataaresubjectto(right)censoring.

Example:2.2;3+;8.4;7.5+.

Thismeansthesecondobservationislargerthen3butwedonotknowbyhowmuch,etc.These

oftenhappenwhensubjectsarestillalivewhenweterminatethestudy.Tohandlethetwotypesof

observations,weusetwovectors,onefort