Re: [R] Appropriateness of survdiff {survival} for non-censored data

2010-07-08 Thread Terry Therneau
The query: Thus I question the appropriateness of using survdiff in my analysis; I have exact data yet I would be testing on the Kaplan-Meir estimate of these data in survdiff. Thanks for any help. My thoughts: There are two aspects of survival analysis you need to think of. The first, as

[R] Appropriateness of survdiff {survival} for non-censored data

2010-07-07 Thread Frostygoat
I read through Harrington and Fleming (1982) but it is beyond my statistical comprehension. I have survival data for insects that have a very finite expiration date. I'm trying to test for differences in survival distributions between different groups. I understand that the medical field is