STAT 6810 - Survival Data Analysis

This course consists primarily of biostatistical methods used in pharmaceutical and medical research with particular application to cancer studies and toxological animal studies. Some attention is given to related failure-time methods used in industry to test product reliability. Theoretical development of some of these methods is discussed. Extensive data analyses are done using R statistical package. Topics include: censoring, Kaplan-Meier survival curves, life tables, two-sample non-parametric procedures for comparison of survival curves (Gehan, Cox-Mantel, log rank and generalized Wilcoxian), relative risk, odds ratio, the Mantel-Haenszel procedure, parametric failure-time models (exponential, gamma, Weibull, and lognormal), logistic regression, and Cox's proportional hazards model.

Note: Open to graduate students only.

Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisites: STAT 6600 and STAT 6620

Credits: 3 hours

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