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st: Issue with hazard function generated by sts graph
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Masashi Miyairi <[email protected]>
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st: Issue with hazard function generated by sts graph
Date
Mon, 05 Mar 2012 23:30:28 -0500
Hi everyone,
I see something strange when plotting hazard rates by "sts graph, hazard". For example, when I apply the command to a set of simulated exponential random variables, I get a graph that has a upward sloping part in the very beginning. In theory, this shouldn't be the case because exponential random variables have constant hazards, so the graph shouldn't have a increasing pattern. I am wondering if this issue has been documented, or I am missing something using this command. The following is the code that generates my puzzle.
set obs 5000
* Generate exponential random variables
gen dur = -5*log( uniform() )
* Plot the hazard rates
stset dur
sts graph, hazard tmax(20)
Thank you,
Masashi Miyairi
Department of Economics
University of Western Ontario