Intended to meet the requirements for a single volume which covers methodologies appropriate for the analysis of survival data. Along with guidelines for the planning and design of clinical trials this expanded Second Edition offers a thorough discussion of population lifetables, real life examples, numerous exercises, computer programs for survival data analysis plus an updated reference list which includes a large number of recently published papers.
" an easy–to read introduction to survival analysis which covers the major concepts and techniques of the subject." (
Statistics in Medical Research, October 2005)
"The book is well written and provides explicit details of the models and methods used." (Journal of the American Statistical Association, June 2004)
" contains thorough descriptions and illustrations of several useful nonparametric and parametric statistical methods to analyze survival data." (Journal of Statistical Computation & Simulation, May 2004)
"...a comprehensive and clearly written textbook...a very good reference..." (Short Book Reviews, Vol 24(1), 2004)
"...continues to be application–oriented with a minimum level of mathematics..." (Zentralblatt Math, Vol 1026, 2004)
"This third edition is a significant upgrade...this remains an excellent choice or a basic textbook in survival analysis..." (Technometrics, Vol. 45, No. 4, November 2003)
" an easy–to read introduction to survival analysis which covers the major concepts and techniques of the subject." (
Statistics in Medical Research, October 2005)
"The book is well written and provides explicit details of the models and methods used." (Journal of the American Statistical Association, June 2004)
" contains thorough descriptions and illustrations of several useful nonparametric and parametric statistical methods to analyze survival data." (Journal of Statistical Computation & Simulation, May 2004)
"...a comprehensive and clearly written textbook...a very good reference..." (Short Book Reviews, Vol 24(1), 2004)
"...continues to be application–oriented with a minimum level of mathematics..." (Zentralblatt Math, Vol 1026, 2004)
"This third edition is a significant upgrade...this remains an excellent choice or a basic textbook in survival analysis..." (Technometrics, Vol. 45, No. 4, November 2003)