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to Survival Analysis -- Kaplan-Meier Survival Curves and the Log-Rank Test -- The Cox Proportional Hazards Model and Its Characteristics -- Evaluating the Proportional Hazards Assumption -- The Stratified Cox Procedure -- Extension of the Cox Proportional Hazards Model for Time-Dependent Variables -- Parametric Survival Models -- Recurrent Event Survival Analysis -- Competing Risks Survival Ana…
Probability Theory (i): One Random Variable -- Probability Theory (ii): Many Random Variables -- Statistics (i): An Introduction to Statistical Inference -- Stochastic Processes (i): Poisson Processes and Markov Chains -- The Analysis of One DNA Sequence -- The Analysis of Multiple DNA or Protein Sequences -- Stochastic Processes (ii): Random Walks -- Statistics (ii): Classical Estimation Theor…
Sources of Demographic Data -- Sampling Designs and Inference -- Waiting Times and Their Statistical Estimation -- Regression Models for Counts and Survival -- Multistate Models and Cohort-Component Book-Keeping -- Approaches to Forecasting Demographic Rates -- Uncertainty in Demographic Forecasts: Concepts, Issues, and Evidence -- Statistical Propagation of Error in Forecasting -- Errors in Ce…
Exploratory and Descriptive Methods -- Basic Statistical Methods -- Linear Regression -- Predictor Selection -- Logistic Regression -- Survival Analysis -- Repeated Measures and Longitudinal Data Analysis -- Generalized Linear Models -- Complex Surveys -- Summary.This new book provides a unified, in-depth, readable introduction to the multipredictor regression methods most widely used in biosta…
to Longitudinal Data -- Plots -- Simple Analyses -- Critiques of Simple Analyses -- The Multivariate Normal Linear Model -- Tools and Concepts -- Specifying Covariates -- Modeling the Covariance Matrix -- Random Effects Models -- Residuals and Case Diagnostics -- Discrete Longitudinal Data -- Missing Data -- Analyzing Two Longitudinal Variables -- Further Reading.Longitudinal data are ubiquitou…