Basic Statistics

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14.

14.

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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