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From Basic Survival Analytic Theory to a Non-Standard Application

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Authors:
  1. Georg Zimmermann

    1. Paris-Lodron University of Salzburg , Salzburg, Austria

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  • Mathematically Rigorous Treatment of Basic Survival Analytic Methods
  • Publication in the Fields of Mathematics and Statistics
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: BestMasters (BEST)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-IX
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  2. Introduction

    • Georg Zimmermann
    Pages 1-9

  3. Basic terminology and quantities

    • Georg Zimmermann
    Pages 11-30

  4. Regression models for survival data

    • Georg Zimmermann
    Pages 31-45

  5. Model checking procedures

    • Georg Zimmermann
    Pages 47-63

  6. Life expectancy

    • Georg Zimmermann
    Pages 65-92

  7. Epilogue

    • Georg Zimmermann
    Pages 93-96

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 97-100
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About this book

Georg Zimmermann provides a mathematically rigorous treatment of basic survival analytic methods. His emphasis is also placed on various questions and problems, especially with regard to life expectancy calculations arising from a particular real-life dataset on patients with epilepsy. The author shows both the step-by-step analyses of that dataset and the theory the analyses are based on. He demonstrates that one may face serious and sometimes unexpected problems, even when conducting very basic analyses. Moreover, the reader learns that a practically relevant research question may look rather simple at first sight. Nevertheless, compared to standard textbooks, a more detailed account of the theory underlying life expectancy calculations is needed in order to provide a mathematically rigorous framework.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Paris-Lodron University of Salzburg , Salzburg, Austria

    Georg Zimmermann

About the author

Georg Zimmermann is a PhD student at the University of Salzburg and research associate at Christian-Doppler-Klinik, Salzburg.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: From Basic Survival Analytic Theory to a Non-Standard Application

  • Authors: Georg Zimmermann

  • Series Title: BestMasters

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-17719-5

  • Publisher: Springer Spektrum Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Mathematics and Statistics, Mathematics and Statistics (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-17718-8Published: 10 April 2017

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-17719-5Published: 01 April 2017

  • Series ISSN: 2625-3577

  • Series E-ISSN: 2625-3615

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 100

  • Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes, Mathematical and Computational Biology

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