| bj {Design} | R Documentation |
bj fits the Buckley-James distribution-free least squares multiple
regression model to a possibly right-censored response variable.
This model reduces to ordinary least squares if
there is no censoring. By default, model fitting is done after
taking logs of the response variable.
bj uses the Design class
for automatic anova, fastbw, validate, Function, nomogram,
summary, plot, bootcov, and other functions. The bootcov
function may be worth using with bj fits, as the properties of the
Buckley-James covariance matrix estimator are not fully known for
strange censoring patterns.
The residuals.bj function exists mainly to compute
residuals and to censor them (i.e., return them as
Surv objects) just as the original
failure time variable was censored. These residuals are useful for
checking to see if the model also satisfies certain distributional assumptions.
To get these residuals, the fit must have specified y=TRUE.
The bjplot function is a special plotting function for objects
created by bj with x=TRUE, y=TRUE in effect. It produces three
scatterplots for every covariate in the model: the first plots the
original situation, where censored data are distingushed from
non-censored data by a different plotting symbol. In the second plot,
called a renovated plot, vertical lines show how censored data were
changed by the procte<