Boerhaave Nascholing | Survival analysis

During the course different types of censored data will be introduced and techniques for estimating the survival function by employing non-parametric methods will be illustrated.

Details

  • Locatie
    LUMC Building 1 | Lecture Hall 7, route 555
  • Organisator
    Boerhaave Nascholing

Omschrijving

Survival analysis is the study of the distribution of life times, i.e. the times from an initiating event (birth, diagnosis, start of treatment) to some terminal event (relapse, death). This type of data analysis is most prominently (but not only) used in the biomedical sciences. A special feature of survival data is that it takes time to observe the event of interest. As a result for a number of subjects the event is not observed, but instead it is known that it has not taken place yet. This phenomenon is called censoring and it requires special statistical methods.

During the course different types of censored data will be introduced and techniques for estimating the survival function by employing non-parametric methods will be illustrated.

Requirements

Basic knowledge of statistics (e.g. the Boerhaave course 'Basic methods and reasoning in Biostatistics').

Teaching environment

Morning lectures, video’s, self-study assignments and daily plenary discussions with the teacher. An exam will be held during the last day of the course.  

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