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TOTAL TIME ON TEST

Name:
    TOTAL TIME ON TEST (LET)
    SCALED TOTAL TIME ON TEST (LET)
Type:
    Let Subcommand
Purpose:
    Compute the total time on test for a set of failure times.
Description:
    For uncensored data, the total time on test statistic for uncensored data is (where X is ascending sorted order):

      \( TTT_i = \sum_{j=1}^{i}{(N-j+1) (X_{j} - X_{j-1})} \)

    where \( X_0 \) is defined to be zero.

    The scaled total time to test is then defined as

      \( TTT^{*}_{i} = \frac{TTT_{i}} {TTT_{n}} \)

    The scaled total time on test lies between 0 and 1.

    For type I and type II censored data, the scaled total time on test is defined as

      \( TTT^{*}_{i} = \frac{TTT_{i}} {TTT_{r}} \)

    where r is the index of the maximum uncensored failure time. Progressive censoring is not currently supported.

Syntax 1:
    LET <y> = TOTAL TIME ON TEST <x> <tag>
    <SUBSET/EXCEPT/FOR qualification> where <x> is the variable containing the failure times;
                <tag> is a variable that indicates whether the corresponding element of <x> is a failure time or a censoring time;
                <y> is a variable where the total time on test values are saved;
    and where the <SUBSET/EXCEPT/FOR qualification> is optional.

    This syntax returns the unscaled values.

Syntax 2:
    LET <y> = SCALED TOTAL TIME ON TEST <x> <tag>
    <SUBSET/EXCEPT/FOR qualification> where <x> is the variable containing the failure times; <tag> is a variable that indicates whether the corresponding element of <x> is a failure time or a censoring time; <y> is a variable where the total time on test values are saved; and where the <SUBSET/EXCEPT/FOR qualification> is optional.
This syntax returns the scaled values. Examples:
    LET Y = TOTAL TIME ON TEST X CENSOR

Note:
    If any of the response values are negative, an error is returned.
Note:
    For the censoring variable, a value of 0 indicates a censored value and a value of 1 indicates an uncensored value.
Dataplot will check the number of distinct values in the censoring variable. If there is only one distinct value, then all observations are treated as uncensored. If there are two distinct values, then the smaller value indicates censored data and the larger value indicates uncensored data. If there are more than two distinct values, an error is returned. For uncensored data, you can do something like the following LET N = SIZE X LET CENSOR = 1 FOR I = 1 1 N LET TTT = SCALED TOTAL TIME ON TEST X CENSOR Default:
    None
Synonyms:
    None
Related Commands:
    HAZARD HAZARD = Compute the hazard for a variable. =
    CUMULATIVE CUMULATIVE HAZARD = Compute the cumulative hazard for a variable. =
    INTERARRIVAL INTERARRIVAL TIME = Compute the interarrival times of a variable. =
    TOTAL TOTAL TIME ON TEST PLOT = Generate a total time on test plot. =
    HAZARD HAZARD PLOT = Generate a hazard plot. =
    PROBABILITY PROBABILITY PLOT = Generate a probability plot. =
    WEIBULL WEIBULL PLOT = Generate a Weibull plot. =
    =
Applications:
    Reliability
Implementation Date:
    2020/06
Program 1:
    SKIP 25 READ HAHN.DAT Y TAG LET TAG = 0 SUBSET TAG = 2 LET Z = SCALED TOTAL TIME ON TEST Y TAG

    plot generated by sample program

Program 2:
    . Step 1: Define some data . let n = 100 let gamma = 0.5 let y1 = weibull rand numb for i = 1 1 n let gamma = 1.0 let y2 = weibull rand numb for i = 1 1 n let gamma = 2.0 let y3 = weibull rand numb for i = 1 1 n let tag = 1 for i = 1 1 n . . Step 2: Compute the total time to failure values . let z1 = scaled total time on test y1 tag let z2 = scaled total time on test y2 tag let z3 = scaled total time on test y3 tag . set write decimals 3 print y1 y2 y3 z1 z2 z3

    plot generated by sample program

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Date created: 07/02/2020
Last updated: 07/02/2020

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