Analysis Of Failure And Survival Data; Author: Smith, P.; Author: Smith, Peter J.; Hardback; Book

Author: Smith, P.; Author: Smith, Peter J.
Texts in Statistical Science; Hardback; Book
254 pages
Published: December 2001
CRC Press
ISBN: 1584880759

Before students embark on their original research in survival analysis, they must first receive the proper training. Analysis of Failure and Survival Data allows for this transition from student to researcher. Incorporating SPLUS software and the latest data sets, it helps readers develop a flavor for reading and absorbing high-level research monographs and research papers. The text discusses new linear regression techniques, principally the Buckley-James Method, the best performing linear regression method for censored data when the Cox Proportional Hazards Model is inappropriate. It also has a light mathematical approach, catering to the engineering as well as the medical audience. With its numerous worked examples, explanations, and software analyses, this book thoroughly prepThis text for graduate students of survival analysis and reliability focuses on techniques that appear in popular software packages, including plotting product-limit survival curves, hazard plots, and probability plots in the context of censored data. S-Plus and Minitab are integrated throughout, al