I think coxph() leaves safe prediction off by default. You need to turn it
on.
See
?predict.coxph
Chuck
On Wed, 5 Dec 2007, Gad Abraham wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The following error looks like a bug to me but perhaps someone can shed
> light on it:
>
> > library(splines)
> > library(survival)
> > s <- survreg(Surv(futime, fustat) ~ ns(age, knots=c(50, 60)),
> data=ovarian)
> > n <- data.frame(age=rep(mean(ovarian$age), 10))
> > predict(s, newdata=n)
> Error in qr.default(t(const)) :
> NA/NaN/Inf in foreign function call (arg 1)
>
> Thanks,
> Gad
>
>
>
> > sessionInfo()
> R version 2.6.1 (2007-11-26)
> i486-pc-linux-gnu
>
> locale:
> LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=en_AU.UTF-8;
> LC_COLLATE=en_AU.UTF-8;LC_MONETARY=en_AU.UTF-8;LC_MESSAGES=en_AU.UTF-8;
> LC_PAPER=en_AU.UTF-8;LC_NAME=C;LC_ADDRESS=C;LC_TELEPHONE=C;
> LC_MEASUREMENT=en_AU.UTF-8;LC_IDENTIFICATION=C
>
> attached base packages:
> [1] splines stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods
> [8] base
>
> other attached packages:
> [1] survival_2.34
>
> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
> [1] rcompgen_0.1-17
>
>
>
> --
> Gad Abraham
> Department of Mathematics and Statistics
> The University of Melbourne
> Parkville 3010, Victoria, Australia
> email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> web: http://www.ms.unimelb.edu.au/~gabraham
>
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