Survival Analysis. (3-0) 3 Credit Hours

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Prerequisite: STA 5093 or equivalent, or consent of instructor. This course introduces both parametric and nonparametric methods for analyzing time to event data. Topics include survivor and hazard functions, censoring, Kaplan-Meier estimation, log-rank and related tests, inference based on standard lifetime distributions, regression approach to survival analysis including the Cox proportional hazards model, and time dependent covariates. Emphasis will be given on application, interpretation and data analysis using statistical software. This course has Differential Tuition.