Statistical Methods for Survival Data Analysis: Elisa T. Lee and John Wenyu Wang - Hardcover

Lee, Elisa T.; Wang, John Wenyu

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471369977 ISBN 13: 9780471369974

Publisher: Wiley-Interscience, 2003

Synopsis

Third Edition brings the text up to date with new material and updated references.

• New content includes an introduction to left and interval censored data; the log-logistic distribution; estimation procedures for left and interval censored data; parametric methods iwth covariates; Cox's proportional hazards model (including stratification and time-dependent covariates); and multiple responses to the logistic regression model.
• Coverage of graphical methods has been deleted.
• Large data sets are provided on an FTP site for readers' convenience.
• Bibliographic remarks conclude each chapter.

About this title

From the Back Cover

The Third Edition of the leading reference on survival data analysis

The study of survival data attempts to predict the probability of response, survival, or mean lifetime; compare; the survival distributions of experimental animals or of human patients; and identify risk and/or prognosis factors. Statistical Methods for Survival Data Analysis, Third Edition examines the statistical methods for analyzing survival data from laboratory studies of animals, clinical and epidemiological studies of humans, and other appropriate applications.

Emphasizing applications over rigorous mathematics, this extremely useful reference provides thorough discussions of the most commonly used parametric and nonparametric methods in survival analysis, as well as guidelines for the planning and design of clinical trials. The authors give special consideration to the study of survival data in biomedical sciences, though the methods are suitable for applications in industrial reliability, the social sciences, and business.

This Third Edition brings this standard in the field up to date with new material and revised references including:

• A new introduction to left and interval censored data
• The generalized gamma and log-logistic distribution
• Estimation procedures for left and interval censored data
• Parametric models with covariates
• Cox’s proportional hazards model including stratification and time-dependent covariates, and some non-proportional hazards models
• Goodness-of-Fit tests and model selection methods
• Multiple responses to the logistic regression model
• Numerous real-life examples which illustrate key concepts
• Computer programming codes in SAS, BMDP, and SPSS for most examples
• Related FTP site providing large data sets

These additions and revisions make Statistical Methods for Survival Data Analysis, Third Edition, more valuable than ever as an essential reference for biomedical investigators, statisticians, epidemiologists, and researchers in other disciplines involved or interested in the analysis of survival data.

About the Author

ELISA T. LEE, PhD, is George Lynn Cross Research Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology and Director of the Center for American Indian Health Research at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. She received a master’s degree from the University of California at Berkeley and her doctorate from New York University. The author of the previous editions of Statistical Methods for Survival Data Analysis, Professor Lee is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association and member of the Society for Epidemiological Research and the American Diabetes Association.

JOHN WENYU WANG, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. He received a master’s degree from the Academy of Sciences of China and his doctorate from the University of Maryland.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0471369977
• ISBN 13: 9780471369974
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 513