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Three null hypotheses can be tested: linearity of time-dependence (b j2 = 0); lack of any of time-dependence, monotone or non-monotone (b j1 = b j2 = 0), and the lack of effect of covariate zj on survival (b j0 = b j1 = b j2 = 0)

A confidence band for b can be estimated .