Third Edition brings the text up to date with new material andupdated references.
* New content includes an introduction to left and intervalcensored data; the log-logistic distribution; estimation proceduresfor left and interval censored data; parametric methods iwthcovariates; Cox's proportional hazards model (includingstratification and time-dependent covariates); and multipleresponses 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.
Elisa T. Lee
Angew. Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechn. u. Statistik / Lebensdaueranalyse Applied Probability & Statistics - Survival Analysis Mathematik / Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie, Statistik Medizinische Statistik Statistics Statistik
".an easy-to read introduction to survival analysis whichcovers the major concepts and techniques of the subject."(Statistics in Medical Research, October 2005)
"The book is well written and provides explicit details of themodels and methods used." (Journal of the American StatisticalAssociation, June 2004)
".contains thorough descriptions and illustrations ofseveral useful nonparametric and parametric statistical methods toanalyze survival data." (Journal of Statistical Computation& Simulation, May 2004)
".a comprehensive and clearly written textbook.a very goodreference." (Short Book Reviews, Vol 24(1), 2004)
".continues to be application-oriented with a minimum level ofmathematics." (Zentralblatt Math, Vol 1026, 2004)
"This third edition is a significant upgrade.this remains anexcellent choice or a basic textbook in survival analysis."(Technometrics, Vol. 45, No. 4, November 2003)
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