As a start you can use an exploratory approach. Standard survival analysis texts show you how to use a log-log plot to assess whether a distribution is Weibull. Of course, the exponential is a special case of the Weibull.
CHIRIBOGA Xavier <[email protected]> Sent by: "R-help" <[email protected]> 04/03/2015 10:33 AM To "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, cc Subject [R] WEIBULL or EXPONENTIAL? Dear members, I am doing a survival analysis wiith the function coxph...however I am wondering how can I know if my data follows a EXPONENTIAL or WEIBULL distribution? I have 3 censored datum. Using R studio. Thanks for the suggestions, Xavier ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
