- Docente: Rossella Miglio
- Credits: 6
- SSD: SECS-S/01
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
Statistical Sciences (cod. 9222)
Also valid for Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Statistical Sciences (cod. 9222)
Learning outcomes
By the end of the course the student learns the advanced methods of survival analysis and is able to understand how survival analysis is applied to biomedical and social data.
Course contents
1. Revision of parametric and semi-parametric models for time to event data.
2. Competing risk models for continuous and discrete time.
2. Frailty models for continuous and discrete time
3. Multi state models.
4. Models for repeated events.
5. Clinical trial and Propensity score methods in survival analysis.
6. Longitudinal data analysis.
7. Case studies
Readings/Bibliography
D. W. HOSMER, S. LEMESHOW, S. MAY, Applied Survival Analysis: Regression Modeling of Time to Event Data, Wiley, New York, 2011.
D. Kleinbaum, Survival analysis, Springer Verlag, 2012.
Handhouts and specific papers provided by the teacher
Teaching methods
Lectures and tutorials
Assessment methods
The exam aims at testing the student's achievement of the following learning outcomes:
- deep knowledge of the statistical methods described and discussed during the lectures
- ability to use these methods in the analysis of survival data
- ability to use the obtained results for the quantitative interpretation of the studied data.
The oral exam focuses on questions concerning topics described and discussed during the lectures.
Teaching tools
PC/ video projector
Office hours
See the website of Rossella Miglio
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.