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Quality and Reliability Methods - SAS

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

Univariate Survival Analysis<br />

Figure 19.8 Survival Plot <strong>and</strong> Report Structure of Survival Platform<br />

Statistical Reports for the Univariate Analysis<br />

Initially, the Summary table <strong>and</strong> Quantiles table are shown (Figure 19.9). The Summary table shows the<br />

number of failed <strong>and</strong> number of censored observations for each group (when there are groups) <strong>and</strong> for the<br />

whole study. The mean <strong>and</strong> st<strong>and</strong>ard deviations are also adjusted for censoring. For computational details<br />

about these statistics, see the <strong>SAS</strong>/STAT User’s Guide (2001).<br />

The quantiles table shows time to failure statistics for individual <strong>and</strong> combined groups. These include the<br />

median survival time, with upper <strong>and</strong> lower 95% confidence limits. The median survival time is the time<br />

(number of days) at which half the subjects have failed. The quartile survival times (25% <strong>and</strong> 75%) are also<br />

included.

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