When Is a Proportional Hazard Model (Cox) Used

question 5

Multiple Choice

When is a proportional hazard model (Cox) used?

• A) When we wish to graph the survival function of our single event data
• B) When we wish to investigate the effect of multiple covariates on the time for a certain event to take place
• C) When we wish to test both time-invariant and time-varying covariates
• D) When we wish to produce the cumulative survivor function

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