Survival Analysis and Biostatistics

Time-to-event data and the statistical methods of clinical trials and epidemiology.

STAT-431 Year 4 3 credits 12 lessons planned ▶ Video lessons coming soon

Offered by HSM University · Statistics

Course content

  1. 1Study designs in medicine and public healthComing
  2. 2Measures of risk and associationComing
  3. 3Censoring and survival dataComing
  4. 4The Kaplan–Meier estimatorComing
  5. 5The log-rank testComing
  6. 6Parametric survival modelsComing
  7. 7The Cox proportional hazards modelComing
  8. 8Checking proportional hazardsComing
  9. 9Designing clinical trials and sample sizeComing
  10. 10Interim analysis and trial monitoringComing
  11. 11Case–control and cohort studiesComing
  12. 12Capstone: analyzing a clinical trialComing

Requirements

Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.

Description

Time-to-event data and the statistical methods of clinical trials and epidemiology.

Part of the Science stream, typically taken in year 4.