Re: [R] Accelerated failure time interpretation of coefficients

2010-02-23 Thread Göran Broström
Philipp Rappold wrote: Dimitris, thanks for your detailled answer and the literature recommendation. However, I'm still wondering about the interpretation of coefficients in the AFT model with time-varying covariates. The precise question is: How can I interpret a "single" coefficient if my a

Re: [R] Accelerated failure time interpretation of coefficients

2010-02-23 Thread Philipp Rappold
Dimitris, thanks for your detailled answer and the literature recommendation. However, I'm still wondering about the interpretation of coefficients in the AFT model with time-varying covariates. The precise question is: How can I interpret a "single" coefficient if my assumption is that an ef

Re: [R] Accelerated failure time interpretation of coefficients

2010-02-23 Thread Dimitris Rizopoulos
On 2/23/2010 3:37 PM, Philipp Rappold wrote: I have one more conceptual question though, it would be fantastic if someone could graciously help out: I am using an accelerated failure time model with time-varying covariates because I assume that my independent variables have a different impact on

[R] Accelerated failure time interpretation of coefficients

2010-02-23 Thread Philipp Rappold
I have one more conceptual question though, it would be fantastic if someone could graciously help out: I am using an accelerated failure time model with time-varying covariates because I assume that my independent variables have a different impact on the chance for a failure at different poin