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+% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
+% Please edit documentation in R/accrual.R
+\docType{methods}
+\name{estimateAccrualParameter}
+\alias{estimateAccrualParameter}
+\alias{estimateAccrualParameter,EventData-method}
+\title{Generic function to estimate non-uniformity accrual 
+parameter \code{k}}
+\usage{
+estimateAccrualParameter(object, ...)
+
+\S4method{estimateAccrualParameter}{EventData}(object,
+  start.date = min(object@subject.data$rand.date),
+  end.date = max(object@subject.data$rand.date))
+}
+\arguments{
+\item{object}{An \code{EventData} object}
+
+\item{...}{Additional arguments to be passed to specific method}
+
+\item{start.date}{The startdate for recruitment, by default the date 
+the first subject is recruited. If subjects are recruited on start.date, it is
+assumed they are recruited on the following day to avoid log(0) in the 
+maximum likelihood estimate.}
+
+\item{end.date}{The end date for recruitment, by default the date 
+the last subject is recruited.}
+}
+\value{
+A maximum likelihood estimate for k, see vignette 
+for further details
+}
+\description{
+Note The estimate produced assumes recruitment has completed.
+}
+