[R] Pkg to "do counting process in survival analysis"… was : a question

[David Winsemius]

On May 30, 2013, at 5:48 PM, David Winsemius wrote:

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> On May 30, 2013, at 10:40 AM, Patty Haaem wrote:
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>> HiI have a question, Is there a package to do counting process in survival analysis with R?
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> The 'survival' package has been the standard resource for over a decade and is now a "Suggested" package.

(I meant to say that its 'priority' was "recommended" making it one of the elite 29 such packages.)

installed.packages(.Library, priority = "high")[ , 1]


> I suggest you buy Therneau and Gramsch: "Modeling Survival Data: Extending the Cox Model". Early in the book the connections of counting process theory to survival analysis are outlined and often referenced as topics are developed.  If your book budget is really flush, then also Klein and Meoschberger: "Survival Analysis".
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> You should offer an informative subject line in any future postings to R help. I wasn't clear what you meant by "do counting process" so I just quoted it.
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David Winsemius
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