gammaImpute {InformativeCensoring}

Perform gamma-Imputation for a given data set

Description

This function performs the Imputation described in Relaxing the independent censoring assumptions in the Cox proportional hazards model using multiple imputation. (2014) D. Jackson et al. Statist. Med. (33) 4681-4694

Usage

gammaImpute(
  formula,
  data,
  m,
  gamma,
  gamma.factor,
  bootstrap.strata = rep(1, nrow(data)),
  DCO.time,
  ...,
  parallel = c("no", "multicore", "snow")[1],
  ncpus = 1L,
  cl = NULL
)

Arguments

formula

The model formula to be used when fitting the models to calculate the cumulative hazard. A formula for coxph can include strata terms but not cluster or tt and only right-censored Surv objects can be used. Note the function does not allow multiple strata to be written as strata(W1)+strata(W2), use strata(W1,W2) instead

data

A time to event data set for which event times are to be imputed

m

The number of imputations to be created

gamma

Either column name containing the value of gamma or a vector of values giving the subject specific size of the step change in the log hazard at censoring. If a subject has NA in this column then no imputation is performed for this subject (i.e. the subject's censored time remains unchanged after imputation). If a subject has already had an event then the value of gamma is ignored. If gamma.factor is also used then the subject specific gamma are all multipled by gamma.factor. At least one of gamma and gamma.factor must be included.

gamma.factor

If used, a single numeric value. If no gamma then the step change in log hazard for all subjects at censoring is given by gamma.factor. If gamma is used then for each subject, the step change in log hazard is given by gamma.factor multiplied by the subject specific gamma. At least one of gamma and gamma.factor must be included.

bootstrap.strata

The strata argument for stratified bootstrap sampling, see argument strata for the function boot::boot for further details. If argument is not used then standard sampling with replacement will be used

DCO.time

Either column name containing the subject's data cutoff time or a vector of DCO.times for the subjects or a single number to be used as the DCO.time for all subjects (if imputed events are > this DCO.time then subjects are censored at DCO.time in imputed data sets)

...

Additional parameters to be passed into the model fit function

parallel

The type of parallel operation to be used (if any).

ncpus

integer: number of processes to be used in parallel operation: typically one would chose this to be the number of available CPUs

cl

An optional parallel or snow cluster for use if parallel="snow". If not supplied, a cluster on the local machine is created for the duration of the call.

Details

See the Gamma Imputation vignette for further details

Value

A GammaImputedSet.object containing the imputed data sets

See Also

GammaImputedSet.object GammaImputedData.object

Examples

## Not run: 
data(nwtco)
nwtco <- nwtco[1:500,]

#creating 2 imputed data sets (m=2) for speed, would normally create more
ans <- gammaImpute(formula=Surv(edrel,rel)~histol + instit,
                   data = nwtco, m=2, gamma.factor=1, DCO.time=6209)

#subject specific gamma (multiplied by gamma.factor to give the jump)
#NA for subjects that are not to be imputed
jumps <- c(rep(NA,10),rep(1,490))
DCO.values <- rep(6209,500)

ans.2 <- gammaImpute(formula=Surv(edrel,rel)~histol + instit + strata(stage),
                   data = nwtco, m=2, bootstrap.strata=strata(nwtco$stage),
                   gamma=jumps, gamma.factor=1, DCO.time=DCO.values)

#can also use column names
nwtco$gamma <- jumps
nwtco$DCO.time <- DCO.values
ans.3 <- gammaImpute(formula=Surv(edrel,rel)~histol + instit + strata(stage),
                   data = nwtco, m=2, bootstrap.strata=strata(nwtco$stage),
                   gamma="gamma", DCO.time="DCO.time")

## End(Not run)