# # Test out the strata capabilities # tol <- survreg.control()$rel.tolerance aeq <- function(x,y,...) all.equal(as.vector(x), as.vector(y), ...) # intercept only models fit1 <- survreg(Surv(time, status) ~ strata(sex), lung) fit2 <- survreg(Surv(time, status) ~ strata(sex) + sex, lung) fit3a<- survreg(Surv(time,status) ~1, lung, subset=(sex==1)) fit3b<- survreg(Surv(time,status) ~1, lung, subset=(sex==2)) fit1 fit2 aeq(fit2$scale, c(fit3a$scale, fit3b$scale), tolerance=tol) aeq(fit2$loglik[2], (fit3a$loglik + fit3b$loglik)[2], tolerance=tol) aeq(fit2$coef[1] + 1:2*fit2$coef[2], c(fit3a$coef, fit3b$coef), tolerance=tol) #penalized models fit1 <- survreg(Surv(time, status) ~ pspline(age, theta=.92)+strata(sex), lung) fit2 <- survreg(Surv(time, status) ~ pspline(age, theta=.92)+ strata(sex) + sex, lung) fit1 fit2 age1 <- ifelse(lung$sex==1, lung$age, mean(lung$age)) age2 <- ifelse(lung$sex==2, lung$age, mean(lung$age)) fit3 <- survreg(Surv(time,status) ~ pspline(age1, theta=.92) + pspline(age2, theta=.95) + sex + strata(sex), lung, rel.tol=1e-6) fit3a<- survreg(Surv(time,status) ~pspline(age, theta=.92), lung, subset=(sex==1)) fit3b<- survreg(Surv(time,status) ~pspline(age, theta=.95), lung, subset=(sex==2)) # relax the tolerance a little, since the above has lots of parameters # I still don't exactly match the second group, but very close aeq(fit3$scale, c(fit3a$scale, fit3b$scale), tolerance=tol*10) aeq(fit3$loglik[2], (fit3a$loglik + fit3b$loglik)[2], tolerance=tol*10) pred <- predict(fit3) aeq(pred[lung$sex==1] , predict(fit3a), tolerance=tol*10) aeq(pred[lung$sex==2], predict(fit3b), tolerance=tol*10)