27. Survival Analysis
Published Online: 6 NOV 2012
DOI: 10.1002/9781118448908.ch27
Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Book Title
The R Book, Second Edition
Additional Information
How to Cite
Crawley, M. J. (2012) Survival Analysis, in The R Book, Second Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781118448908.ch27
Publication History
- Published Online: 6 NOV 2012
- Published Print: 7 DEC 2012
ISBN Information
Print ISBN: 9780470973929
Online ISBN: 9781118448908
- Summary
- Chapter
Keywords:
- survival analysis;
- Monte Carlo experiment;
- the survivor function, density/hazard function;
- exponential distribution, density/survivor function;
- Kaplan–Meier survival distributions;
- age-specific hazard models;
- survival analysis in R, Cox proportional hazards model;
- Cox's proportional hazards;
- models and censoring, parametric models;
- coxph/survreg survival analysis comparison
Summary
This chapter contains sections titled:
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A Monte Carlo experiment
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Background
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The survivor function
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The density function
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The hazard function
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The exponential distribution
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Kaplan-Meier survival distributions
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Age-specific hazard models
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Survival analysis in R
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Parametric analysis
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Cox's proportional hazards
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Models with censoring