Print an aareg object

Print out a fit of Aalen's additive regression model

Usage

# S3 method for class 'aareg'
print(x, maxtime, test=c("aalen", "nrisk"),scale=1,...)

Arguments

x: the result of a call to the aareg function
maxtime: the upper time point to be used in the test for non-zero slope
test: the weighting to be used in the test for non-zero slope. The default weights are based on the variance of each coefficient, as a function of time. The alternative weight is proportional to the number of subjects still at risk at each time point.
scale: scales the coefficients. For some data sets, the coefficients of the Aalen model will be very small (10-4); this simply multiplies the printed values by a constant, say 1e6, to make the printout easier to read.
...: for future methods

Value

the calling argument is returned.

Side Effects

the results of the fit are displayed.

Details

The estimated increments in the coefficient estimates can become quite unstable near the end of follow-up, due to the small number of observations still at risk in a data set. Thus, the test for slope will sometimes be more powerful if this last `tail' is excluded.

References