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354 <strong>Reliability</strong> <strong>and</strong> Survival Analysis Chapter 19<br />

Univariate Survival Analysis<br />

Figure 19.5 Weibull Output for Fan Data<br />

Since the fit is reasonable <strong>and</strong> the Beta estimate is near 1, you can conclude that this looks like an<br />

exponential distribution, which has a constant hazard rate. The Fitted Distribution Plots option produces<br />

three views of each distributional fit. Plots of the Weibull fit are shown in Figure 19.6.<br />

Figure 19.6 Fitted Distribution Plots<br />

Example: Rats Data<br />

An experiment was undertaken to characterize the survival time of rats exposed to a carcinogen in two<br />

treatment groups. The data are in the Rats.jmp table found in the sample data folder. The days variable is<br />

the survival time in days. Some observations are censored. The event in this example is death. The objective<br />

is to see whether rats in one treatment group live longer (more days) than rats in the other treatment group.

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