SURVIVAL ANALYSIS (52526) -- PROF. DAVID ZUCKER -- COURSE MATERIALS

Course Syllabus

Seminar Syllabus
Link to SAS documention
Sample Exam

Targilim

Targil #1
Targil #2
Targil #3
Targil #4
Targil #5
Targil #6
Targil #7
Targil #8
Targil #9

Solutions to Targilim

Targil #1
Targil #2
Targil #3
Targil #4: Part 1, Part 2
Targil #5
Targil #6
   Question 1
       - SAS program to run exponential regression analysis
       - Output from exponential regression analysis
       - SAS program to produce graphs of exponential regression CDF estimates vs. nonparametric CDF estimates
       - Graphs for exponential  regression analysis
       - SAS program to run Weibull  regression analysis
       - Output from Weibull regression analysis
       - SAS program to produce graphs of Weibull regression CDF estimates vs. nonparametric CDF estimates
       - Graphs
for Weibull regression analysis
       - Summary of findings
   Question 2
        - Handwritten solution
        - Matlab program to perform the profile likelihood maximization
        - Output from the Matlab program
Targil #7
    Question #1 (theoretical question)
    Question #2 (data analysis question) 
         - SAS Program
         - SAS PHREG Results
         - Graphs of Cox model vs. Kaplan-Meier survival distribution estimates for each DIAB group
         - Matlab program to perform the Cox regression analysis
         - Output from Matlab program
         - Remarks on the results
Targil 8
Targil #9 (Qn #1)

In-Class Handouts

SAS Program/Output for PROC LIFEREG (23 Dec 08)
SAS Program/Output for PROC PHREG (30 Dec 08)
Confidence Intervals for the Survival Function in the Cox Regression Model (30 Dec 08)
SAS Program/Output for Example on Checking the Cox Model (20 Jan 09)

Supplementary Material

Paul Meier Obituary

Notes on Representation of the Nelson-Aalen Estimator as a Sum of I.I.D.R.V.'S
Notes on Brownian Motion and Brownian Bridge
Process Convergence Results for the Kaplan-Meier (KM) and Nelson-Aalen (NA) Estimators

Piecewise Exponential Model
Area Under the KM Curve|
Schumacher (1984) Paper*
Kishon Divers Statistical Report

Table of Factors for Poisson-Based Confidence Intervals
Notes on Poisson and Chi-Square
Notes on General Theory of Profile Likelihood
A Conversation with Sir David Cox*
The Cox Partial Likelihood as a Limit From a Piecewise Exponential Model
Gill (1984) Paper*
Lin, Wei, and Ying (1993) Paper*
Notes on Weighted Logrank Tests
Just for Fun*

* The links marked "*" are links to journal databases. They should work from any on-campus computer.

Data Sets

Bone Marrow Transplant Data
PBC Data
IDNT Trial