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2005 Jul 18
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Survival dummy variables and some questions
...though, hey why not categorize the variables
(I realize some folks object to categorization but the paper I am
replicating appears to have done so ...)
and turn the variables into factors and then try the analysis.
E.g.,
Dataset <- read.table("categ.dat", header=TRUE)
Dataset$eventbefore2c <- factor(Dataset$eventbefore)
.. other IVs here
...
surv.mod1 <- coxph(Surv(start, stop, event) ~ sex2 + ageonset2c +
eventbefore2c + daysbefore2c, data=Dataset)
Strangely enough, I receive a warning message when the variables are
treated in this way: X matrix deemed to be singular;...