Survival analysis: computational implementation and practical cases

Introduction

What this guide covers

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Overview

Topics covered

• Introduction
• Survival Analysis Computational Theory and Practice
• The Challenge of Longitudinal Data and Censoring
• Why do traditional statistical methods fail?
• Censoring Mechanisms: Formal Classification
• Mathematical Characterization of Survival

Related concepts

Main connections

• Survival analysis & Kaplan-Meier
• Maximum likelihood estimation
• Residual analysis & diagnostics
• Non-parametric tests
• Variance & standard deviation
• Conditional probability & independence

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