Applied Survival Analysis

Le, Chap T.

Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics

1. Auflage November 1997
280 Seiten, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd

ISBN: 978-0-471-17085-3

John Wiley & Sons

Kurzbeschreibung

Introduces applied research areas and a number of real-life questions and examples with basic methods in nonparametric statistics, including the concept of censoring, which distinguishes survival analysis from other areas of statistics. Also includes methods for estimating the survival function, techniques for comparing survival distributions and the identification of prognostic and risk factors related to survival time.

This concise, application-oriented text is designed to meet the needs of practitioners and students in applied fields in its coverage of major, updated methods in the analysis of survival data. Includes analysis of standardized mortality ratios, methods for proving attenuation of healthy worker effects, ordinal risk factors and other new areas of research. Timely and diverse case studies are presented, plus a complete data set on ESRD patients on hemodialysis. Moderate level of mathematics required.

Basic Concepts in Survival Analysis; Estimation of Function and Analysis; Comparison of Survival Distributions; Correlation and Regression Analysis; Appendices

CHAP T. LE, PhD, is Professor and Director of Biostatistics at the University of Minnesota's Cancer Center and Otitis Media Research Center. Dr. Le's many works on biostatistics include Health and Numbers: Basic Biostatistical Methods (Wiley), coauthored with James R. Boen.