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14.
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14.2.
14.2.3 The Survival Function
14.2.4 The Hazard Function
Computing Estimates of f(t), S(t), and h(t)
14.3.1 Clinical Life Tables
14.3.2 Kaplan-Meier Estimate
Comparison of Clinical Life Tables and the Kaplan-Meier
Method
Additional Analyses Using Survival Data
14.5.
14.5.
Problems
References
The Cumulative Death Distribution Function
Comparing the Equality of Survival Functions
Regression Analysis of Survival Data
Appendix A: Statistical Tables
Appendix B: Answers to Selected Problems
Appendix C: Computer Statistical Program Resources
C. 1
C.
Computer Systems for Biomedical Education and Research
A Brief Indication of Statistics Computer Program Advances
and Some Relevant Publications Since 2000
C.3 Choices of Computer Statistical Software
Bibliography
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