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Library: stats
See also: kaplanmeier

Quantlet: hazard
Description: Nonparametric estimator of the hazard rate. The bandwidth parameter can be optionally chosen.

Reference(s):

Usage: h = hazard (y {,bandwidth})
Input:
y n x 2 matrix
bandwidth scalar
Output:
h vector

Note:

Example:
;Nonparametric estimator of the hazard rate for the leukaemia
; data, by using the default grid.
; loads the library stats
library("stats")
x = read("leukaemia.dat")
h = hazard(x)
h

Result:
Contents of h (first seven points)
[  1,]     5.95  0.16213
[  2,]     6.12    0.165
[  3,]     6.29  0.16729
[  4,]     6.46  0.16895
[  5,]     6.63  0.16995
[  6,]      6.8  0.17026
[  7,]     6.97  0.16986



Author: G. Teyssiere, 19980520 license MD*Tech
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