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  • stpm2 - how to obtain rcs variables in out-of-sample data?

    Hi everyone,

    I have developed a flexible parametric survival model using the stpm2 package. I wish to evaluate its performance on out-of-sample data and compare it to its apparent performance. However, I am unable to get the performance measure for the out-of-sample data as I cannot generate the following variables in the out-of-sample data: _rcs1 _rcs2 _d_rcs1 _d_rcs2.
    To my original dataset, I have appended the out-of-sample data and tagged it as _original==0 (where _original==1 is the original dataset, and _original==0 is the out-of-sample data).

    In order to first evaluate apparent performance I run:
    Code:
    stpm2 covariates if _original==1, scale(hazard) df(2)
    stcstat2 if _original==1
    However, when I then wish to run it on the out-of-sample data...
    Code:
    stcstat2 if _original==0
    No results are produced. I suspect this is because the rcs variables have not been generated for the out-of-sample dataset and need to be generated before the stcstat2 command is used.

    I would be grateful for your advice on how I can do this.
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