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Modelling Survival Data in Medical Research

Published 1 December 1993
D. Collett
Citations161

TL;DR

This paper discusses the design of clinical trials, use of computer software in survival analysis, and some non-parametric procedures for modelling survival data.

Abstract

Data collected on the time to an event-such as the death of a patient in a medical study-is known as survival data. The methods for analyzing survival data can also be used to analyze data on the time to events such as the recurrence of a disease or relief from symptoms. Modelling Survival Data in Medical Research begins with an introduction to sur

Keywords

Computer ScienceMathematicsHealth Professions