Survival Analysis Techniques for Censored and Truncated Data

Klein, John P., Moeschberger, Melvin L. (2nded. 2003): Survival Analysis Techniques for Censored and Truncated Data, Springer, XV + 536 pp., euro 89.95, £ 63.00, ISBN 0-383-95399-X.

Table of Contents:

1. Examples of Survival Data, 2. Basic Quantities and Models, 3. Censoring and Truncation, 4. Nonparametric Estimation of Basic Quantities for Right-Censored and Left-Truncated Data, 5. Estimation of Basic Quantities for Other Sampling Schemes, 6. Topics in Univariate Estimation, 7. Hypothesis Testing, 8. Semiparametric Proportional Hazards Regression with Fixed Covariates, 9. Refinements of the Semiparametric Proportional Hazards Model, 10. Additive Hazards Regression Model, 11. Regression Diagnostics, 12. Inference for Parametric Regression Models, 13. Multivariate Survival Analysis.

Appendices: A. Numerical Techniques for Maximization, B. Large-Sample Tests

Based on Likelihood Theory, C. Statistical Tables, D. Data on 137

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