NAME: 	
Recurrent Events Study [hypothetical] (RECUR.DAT)

SIZE: 	
1296 observations on 400 subjects, 7 variables

REFERENCE:
Hosmer, D.W. and Lemeshow, S. and May, S. (2008) 
Applied Survival Analysis: Regression Modeling of Time to Event Data: 
Second Edition, John Wiley and Sons Inc., New York, NY

DESCRIPTIVE ABSTRACT:
Description of the variables in the recurrent event exercise in the Exercises 
at the end of Chapter 9 of reference text.

Up to four recurrent events are possible.  Data are set out in
counting process format where each event is described by the time the
previous event took place and the time of the next event
or censoring took place.

DISCLAIMER:  
This data is also available at the following Wiley's FTP site: 
ftp//ftp.wiley.com/public/sci_tech_med/survival



LIST OF VARIABLES: 

Variable        Name        Description	                  Codes/Values
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1               ID          Subject Identification        1 - 400
2               AGE         Age                           years
3               TREAT       Treatment Assignment          0 = New
                                                          1 = Old
4               TIME0       Day of Previous Episode       Days
5               TIME1       Day of New Episode            Days
                              or censoring
6               CENSOR      Indicator for Soreness        1 = Episode Occurred 
                              Episode or Censoring            at TIME1
                                                          0 = Censored
7               EVENT       Soreness Episode Number       0 - 4