Chapter 4. Estimating Parametric Regression Models with PROC LIFEREG

p. 61 Introduction

p. 62 The Accelerated Failure Time Model

p. 66 Alternative Distributions

p. 78 Categorical Variables and the CLASS Statement

p. 79 Maximum Likelihood Estimation

p. 85 Hypothesis Tests

p. 88 Goodness-of-Fit Tests with the Likelihood-Ratio Statistic

p. 91 Graphical Methods for Evaluating Model Fit

p. 97 Left Censoring and Interval Censoring

p. 101 Generating Predictions and Hazard Functions

p. 104 The Piecewise Exponential Model

p. 109 Conclusion