Discussion:
Is S(t=5)=(1-h(t=1))*(1-h(t=2))*(1-h(t=3))*(1-h(t=4))*(1-h(t=5)) in discrete survival analysis?
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unknown
2011-11-10 02:48:33 UTC
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For simplicity, let the censoring time t=5.
I often see some lecture notes in the internet or personal websites have
the following formula in the discrete survival analysis.
S(t=5)=(1-h(t=1))*(1-h(t=2))*(1-h(t=3))*(1-h(t=4))*(1-h(t=5))
where h is the hazard rate.
However, I could not find any textbooks containing this formula.
Is the formula correct? If it is, could please let me know what books I
can find it?
Thanks.
Jill
Bruce Bradbury
2014-06-17 14:30:42 UTC
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(I know this is an old post. But for future reference...)
Jenkins has posted his survival analysis notes on the web. While not published in book form, they are written up in textbook form and I consider them just as authoritative. See page 20 of www.iser.essex.ac.uk/files/teaching/stephenj/ec968/pdfs/ec968lnotesv6.pdf. This formula comes straight from the definition of the survivor function.
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