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Description: |
viii, 292 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-281) and index. |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
Review: "Analyzing survival data with the SAS System? Easy to read and comprehensive, this guide is ideal for biomedical and social science researchers. Written for the person with a modest statistical background and minimal knowledge of SAS software, this book teaches many aspects of data input and manipulation. Numerous examples of SAS code and output make this an eminently practical book, ensuring that even the uninitiated become sophisticated users of survival analysis. Book jacket."--Jacket. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Introduction -- Basic concepts of survival analysis -- Estimating and comparing survival curves with PROC LIFETEST -- Estimating parametric regression models with PROC LIFEREG -- Estimating Cox regression models with PROC PHREG -- Competing risks -- Analysis of tied or discrete data with the LOGISTIC, PROBIT, and GENMOD procedures -- Heterogeneity, repeated events, and other topics -- A guide for the perplexed. |