EPBI435: Survival Data Analysis, Fall'2009

The course information

  • Syllabus (MS word).
  • SAS and Splus programs: chapter 1 and 2 , chapter 3 and 4 ; chapter 5 and 6 ; chapter 8 and 10 ; chapter 11 .
  • Assignment one: the data for stem cell transplantation study bep.xls .
  • Assignment two: the data for clinical trial of chronic active hepatitis cah.dat (Table D.1, page 363).
  • Assignment three: data for recurrence of bladder cancer study bladder.dat (Table D.2, page 364).
  • Assignment four: data for multiple myeloma study myeloma.dat (Table 1.3, page 9).
  • Assignment five: data for kidney cancer study kidney.dat (Table 3.3, page 78).
  • Assignment six: data for prostatic cancer study prostat.dat (Table 1.4, page 10).
  • Assignment ten: the data for bone marrow transplantation study bmt.dat (Table D.4, page 368).

    • Some links

  • Publisher's Website of David Collet's book (Modelling Survival Data in Medical Research).
  • SAS on-line documentation onlinedoc and support for Splus at Insightful.com (Seattle, WA).
  • A comparison of SAS and Splus by Terry Therneau.
  • Statistical Computing Resource SCR at UCLA and STATLIB/S at CMU.