[R] Meaning of pterms in survreg object?

[Johannes Huesing]

Is there a special mailing list for the survival package where my
question would have been more appropriate?

Johannes Huesing <johannes at huesing.name> [Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 09:26:37PM CET]:
> I am trying to model survival data with a Weibull distribution                                                                         
> using survreg. Units are clustered two apiece, sometimes receiving                                                                     
> the same treatment and sometimes opposing treatment.                                                                                   
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> Residual and predict methods are not carried out on the survreg                                                                        
> object, although the component linear.predictors exists for the                                                                        
> survreg object. Looking at the code I see that the residual method                                                                     
> refuses to run if any of the components of the pterms vector is                                                                        
> equal to 2.                                                                                                                            
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> When taking the logarithm of the data and trying a linear mixed                                                                        
> model, residuals and predicted values are produced just fine.                                                                          
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> So what is pterms and why is it that, when any component of it                                                                         
> is 2, residuals are not allowed to be displayed?     
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Johannes Hüsing               There is something fascinating about science. 
                              One gets such wholesale returns of conjecture 
mailto:johannes at huesing.name  from such a trifling investment of fact.                
http://derwisch.wikidot.com         (Mark Twain, "Life on the Mississippi")