STAT 53600 - Introduction To Survival Analysis

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Purdue University-Main Campus

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Credit Hours: 3.00. Deals with the modern statistical methods for analyzing time-to-event data. Background theory is provided, but emphasis is on applications and interpretations of results. Provides coverage of survivorship functions and censoring patterns; parametric models and likelihood methods, special life-time distributions; nonparametric inference, life-tables, estimation of cumulative hazard functions, the Kaplan-Meier estimator; one and two-sample nonparametric tests for censored data; semiparametric proportional hazards regression (Cox Regression), parameters' estimation, stratification, model fitting strategies, and model interpretations. Heavy use of statistical software, such as S-Plus and SAS. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring. 3.000 Credit Hours Levels: Graduate, Professional, Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Regional Campus Only College

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.purdue.edu

Phone Number:

(765) 494-4600

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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