| Week | Content | Reading | Lecture Notes | SAS/R Programs | Homeworks and Exams |
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| Week 1 08/30, 09/01 |
Introduction to Survival Data | Chapter 1 |
twosamples.sas stat_pvals.sas introR.R bfeeddata.txt |
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| Week 2 09/06, 09/08 |
Basic Functions of Survival Data | Chapter 2.1-2.4 Chapter 3 |
Handout 1 Slides1 |
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| Week 3 09/13, 09/15 |
Nonparametric Estimation | Chapter 4 | Handout2 Slides 2 |
Nonparametric Survival Model in SAS |
Homework 1: 2.4, 2.6, 2.10, 2.9, 2.16, 3.3, 3.6 |
| Week 4 09/20, 09/22 |
Life Tables | Chapter 5.4 | US life tables, 2006, Decennial 1999-2001 1 2 (from www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/life_tables.htm) |
Nonparametric Survival Model in R |
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| Week 5 09/27, 09/29 |
Nonparametric Testing | Chapter 7 | surv.cband.R | In Class Presentation | |
| Week 6 10/04, 10/06 |
Parametric Models (I) | Chapter 2.5-2.7 | Handout3 Slides 3 |
Homework 2 4.2, 4.6, 7.3, (a)(b), 7.6, 7.10 sample solution, another sample and appendix |
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| Week 7 10/11, 10/13 |
Parametric Models (II) | Chapter 12 | Parametric Model Fitting in R | ||
| Week 8 10/18, 10/20 |
Parametric Models (III) | Chapter 12 | Parametric Model Fitting in SAS Data in Sec 1.9 Sec 1.8 |
Homework 3 sample solutions: 1, 2 and appendix |
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| Week 9 10/25, 10/27 |
Semiparametric Cox Model (I) | Chapter 8 | Handout4 Slides 4 |
Proportional Hazards Model in R (Chap 8) |
past midterm and solution In class midterm solution |
| Week 10 11/01, 11/03 |
Semiparametric Cox Model (II) | Chapter 9 | Model Diagnostic Plots in R (Chap 11) |
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| Week 11 11/08, 11/10 |
Semiparametric Cox Model (III) | Chapter 10 | Proportional Hazards Model Estimation and Inference in SAS (Chap 8) (related datasets sec1.3,sec1.4,and sec1.5) |
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| Week 12 11/15, 11/17 |
Model Diagnostic (I) | Chapter 11 | More Proportional Hazards Model in SAS (Chap 9) (related datasets sec1.3) |
In class presentation | |
| Week 13 11/22 |
Actuarial Exam Questions (SOA) | Model Diagnostic Plots in SAS (Chap 11) (related datasets sec1.9 and sec1$ |
Homework 4 sample solution 1 2 |
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| Week 14 11/29, 12/01 |
Multivariate Survival Models | Chapter 13 | |||
| Week 15 12/06, 12/08 |
Counting Process and Martingales | Chapter 3.5 Chapter 5 of KP |
The statistical analysis of failure time data, 2nd Edition, J. D. Kalbfleisch and R. L. Prentice (2002) | ||
| Final Week 12/21 |
Final due by 5pm. on 12/21 | Final Exam Table 1 and 2 in .txt format burn.dat |
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