STAT
538
Survival Analysis
Hours
3.0 Credit, 3 Lecture, 0 Lab
Basic concepts of survival analysis; hazard functions; types of censoring; Kaplan-Meier estimates; Logrank tests; proportional hazard models; examples drawn from clinical and epidemiological literature.
Theory of Survival Analysis Methods
Understand the basic underlying theory of survival analysis methods
Estimation
Conduct estimation of the survival function for a single sample
Formal Comparison
Conduct formal comparison of survival functions for two samples
Formal Analysis
Conduct formal analysis through incorporation of covariates
Formal Analysis in Different Settings
Conduct formal analysis in high-dimensional, low-sample size settings
Assess Appropriateness
Be able to assess the appropriateness of the use of methods for a given data set (given the scientific questions of interest and given the data characteristics)
Effectively Communicate
Be able to effectively communicate the results of data analyses