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Applied Survival Analysis: Regression modelling of time to event data
D. M. HOSMER & S. LEMESHOW, 1999
New York, Wiley pp. 386, L51.95 ISBN 0 471 15410 5
This book provides a practical guide to using modern statistical methods for survival data. The first two chapters cover the distinctive features of survival-time data and descriptive methods for survival data (including the Kaplan-Meier estimator and confidence intervals). The core of the book covers regression modelling (using the proportional hazards model)-fitting the model, interpretation and covariate selection. A very useful chapter follows on assessing...