Re: st: correct for selection bias in survival analysis

[Marguerite Duponchel <Marguerite.Duponchel@malix.univ-paris1.fr>]

I am working on the duration of post civil war peace so I want to correct for
the fact that my sample is restricted to countries who 1/had a civil war, 2/
the peace was settled.

Thanks.

Quoting Maarten buis <maartenbuis@yahoo.co.uk>:

> --- On Wed, 5/5/10, Marguerite Duponchel wrote:
> > It's just that as I am the one creating the selection bias
> > on a full available sample, I thought there might be a way
> > to correct it while using the info in the complete data
> > which frailty would not integrate.
>
> The easiest solution is not to make the selection or, if you
> want to work with a smaller dataset, make the selection
> random. Otherwise I don't understand why you would want to
> make a selection and than "correct" for the fact that you
> made a selection.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Maarten
>
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