A humorous cartoon to initiate a conversation about censored data situations such as those seen with survival data. The cartoon is drawn by American cartoonist Jon Carter in 2015.
A humorous cartoon to initiate a conversation about censored data situations such as those seen with survival data. The cartoon is drawn by American cartoonist Jon Carter in 2015.
Newsletter issue of 'StatNews' distributed by the Cornell Statistical Consulting Unit on survival analysis.
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This site is a description of the mathematics behind survival analysis. It starts with a definition of the survival function. Then it discusses estimating the survival function with the Kaplan-Meier curve. Then it discusses comparing survival curves. Finally, there is a discussion of Cox Proportional Hazards regression analysis.