Survival Analysis
- 作者
- 出版社 Springer
- 出版时间 2005年3月
- ISBN 9780387953991
- 定价 1866.00
内容简介
Appliedstatisticiansinmanyfieldsfrequentlyanalyzetime-to-eventdata.Whilethestatisticaltoolspresentedinthisbookareapplicabletodatafrommedicine，biology，publichealth，epidemiology，engineering，economicsanddemography，thefocushereisonapplicationsofthetechniquestobiologyandmedicine.Theanalysisofsurvivalexperimentsiscomplicatedbyissuesofcensoringandtruncation.Theuseofcountingprocessmethodologyhasallowedforsubstantialadvancesinthestatisticaltheorytoaccountforcensoringandtruncationinsurvivalexperiments.Thisbookmakesthesecomplextechniquesaccessibletoappliedresearcherswithouttheadvancedmathematicalbackground.Theauthorspresenttheessentialsofthesetechniques，aswellasclassicaltechniquesnotbasedoncountingprocesses，andapplythemtodata.Thesecondeditioncontainssomenewmaterialaswellassolutionstotheodd-numberedrevisedexercises.NewmaterialconsistsofadiscussionofsummarystatisticsforcompetingrisksprobabilitiesinChapter2andtheestimationprocessfortheseprobabilitiesinChapter4.AnewsectionontestsoftheequalityofsurvivalcurvesatafixedpointintimeisaddedinChapter7.InChapter8，anexpandeddiscussionispresentedonhowtocodecovariatesandanewsectionondiscretizingacontinuouscovariateisadded.AnewsectiononLinandYing'sadditivehazardsregressionmodelispresentedinChapter10.Wenowproceedtoageneraldiscussionoftheusefulnessofthisbookincorporatingthenewmaterialwiththatofthefirstedition.
丛书
Statistics for Biology and Health— END —