Description
Book SynopsisThis practical guide for readers with a minimal background in statistics shows how to analyze and interpret epidemiologic and medical survival data with the help of modern computer systems. The author introduces key methods of survival analysis that are also central to statistical analysis in general.
Trade Review'… for students who know very little about statistics and mathematics this book is a welcome resource on the techniques used to analyse time-to-event data. These techniques are introduced in a non-technical way accompanied with many good examples. Also the included R-code gives a good introduction to the practical analysis.' Biometrical Journal
'This book provides an easy-to-read introduction to the fundamental concepts applicable to survival analysis without relying on mathematical prerequisites. … [the] text gives a thorough introduction to the area of survival analysis for those with little prior statistical knowledge.' International Journal of Epidemiology
Table of Contents1. Rates and their properties; 2. Life tables; 3. Two especially useful estimation tools; 4. Product-limit estimation; 5. Exponential survival time probability distribution; 6. Weibull survival time probability distribution; 7. Analysis of two-sample survival data; 8. General hazards model: parametric; 9. General hazards model: nonparametric.
