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Survival Analysis

Survival analysis is a branch of statistics for analysing the expected amount of time until some event occurs, such as death in biological organisms and failure in mechanical systems.

The course treats life length data with censoring and truncation, using models for the hazard- and survival function. Estimation of the survival function with the Nelson-Aalen and Kaplan-Meier methods is introduced, as well as methods for comparing two or more survival functions. Some parametric distributions of life lengths are defined, together with the associated parameter estimates. Non-parametric methods, the semi-parametric proportional hazard and Cox regression model, and some parametric regression models are taught as well.

  • Course structure

    The course consists of two elements; theory and computer exercises.

    Teaching format

    Instruction is given in the form of lectures and exercise sessions and computer exercises.

    Assessment

    The course is assessed through written examination and written presentation of the hand-in assignments.

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  • Schedule

    The schedule will be available no later than one month before the start of the course. We do not recommend print-outs as changes can occur. At the start of the course, your department will advise where you can find your schedule during the course.
  • Course literature

    Note that the course literature can be changed up to two months before the start of the course.

    Aalen, Borgan & Gjessing:  Survival Event History Analysis: A Process Point of View. Springer.

    List of course literature Department of Mathematics

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