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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830977903321

Autore

Liu Xian (Xian X.)

Titolo

Survival analysis [[electronic resource] ] : models and applications / / Xian Liu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, : Wiley/Higher Education Press, 2012

ISBN

1-118-30768-2

1-280-69943-4

9786613676412

1-118-30765-8

1-118-30766-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (460 p.)

Disciplina

519.5/46

519.546

Soggetti

Survival analysis (Biometry)

Medical statistics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Descriptive approaches of survival analysis -- Basic concepts and specifications of survival analysis -- Parametric regression models of survival analysis -- The Cox Proportional Hazard Regression Model and advances -- Counting processes and diagnostics of the Cox Model -- Competing risks models and repeated events -- Structural hazard rate regression models -- Special topics.

Sommario/riassunto

Survival analysis concerns sequential occurrences of events governed by probabilistic laws.  Recent decades have witnessed many applications of survival analysis in various disciplines. This book introduces both classic survival models and theories along with newly developed techniques. Readers will learn how to perform analysis of survival data by following numerous empirical illustrations in SAS. Survival Analysis: Models and Applications: Presents basic techniques before leading onto some of the most advanced topics in survival analysis.Assumes only a minimal kno