ERIC Number: EJ737239
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Publication Date: 2005
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A Note on Standard Errors for Survival Curves in Discrete-Time Survival Analysis
Zwick, Rebecca; Sklar, Jeffrey C.
Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, v30 n1 p75-92 Spr 2005
Cox (1972) proposed a discrete-time survival model that is somewhat analogous to the proportional hazards model for continuous time. Efron (1988) showed that this model can be estimated using ordinary logistic regression software, and Singer and Willett (1993) provided a detailed illustration of a particularly flexible form of the model that includes one parameter per time period. This work has been expanded to show how logistic regression output can also be used to estimate the standard errors of the survival functions. This is particularly simple under the model described by Singer and Willett, when there are no predictors other than time. (Contains 3 figures and 3 tables.)
Descriptors: Error of Measurement, Regression (Statistics), Computer Software, Predictor Variables, Computation, Maximum Likelihood Statistics, Mathematical Models, Probability, Graduation Rate, College Students, Hispanic American Students
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Education Level: Higher Education
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