Some Prior and Posterior Distributions in Survival Analysis: A Critical Insight on Relationships Derived from Cross-Sectional Data
生存分析中的若干先验与后验分布：对横截面关系的审视
Summary Many physiological characteristics such as, for example, blood pressure, level of serum cholesterol, vital capacity, may be considered as ageing factors contributing to the overall hazard rate function in an additive fashion (formula (3.2)). If so, the regression function of the characteristic on time, in a population of survivors to time t, depends on t even if the characteristic, itself, does not vary with t, for any one individual. Also, if there is a relationship…