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Book Goodness of Fit Tests and Model Validity

Download or read book Goodness of Fit Tests and Model Validity written by C. Huber-Carol and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 37 expository articles in this volume provide broad coverage of important topics relating to the theory, methods, and applications of goodness-of-fit tests and model validity. The book is divided into eight parts, each of which presents topics written by expert researchers in their areas. Key features include: * state-of-the-art exposition of modern model validity methods, graphical techniques, and computer-intensive methods * systematic presentation with sufficient history and coverage of the fundamentals of the subject * exposure to recent research and a variety of open problems * many interesting real life examples for practitioners * extensive bibliography, with special emphasis on recent literature * subject index This comprehensive reference work will serve the statistical and applied mathematics communities as well as practitioners in the field.

Book Goodness of fit Testing in Survival Models

Download or read book Goodness of fit Testing in Survival Models written by and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bootstrap -- Exponentiality -- Goodness-of-fit -- Type-II right censoring -- Survival analysis.

Book Goodness of fit Tests for Survival Models

Download or read book Goodness of fit Tests for Survival Models written by Liang Xiu and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Chi squared Goodness of fit Tests for Censored Data

Download or read book Chi squared Goodness of fit Tests for Censored Data written by Mikhail S. Nikulin and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-07-06 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is devoted to the problems of construction and application of chi-squared goodness-of-fit tests for complete and censored data. Classical chi-squared tests assume that unknown distribution parameters are estimated using grouped data, but in practice this assumption is often forgotten. In this book, we consider modified chi-squared tests, which do not suffer from such a drawback. The authors provide examples of chi-squared tests for various distributions widely used in practice, and also consider chi-squared tests for the parametric proportional hazards model and accelerated failure time model, which are widely used in reliability and survival analysis. Particular attention is paid to the choice of grouping intervals and simulations. This book covers recent innovations in the field as well as important results previously only published in Russian. Chi-squared tests are compared with other goodness-of-fit tests (such as the Cramer-von Mises-Smirnov, Anderson-Darling and Zhang tests) in terms of power when testing close competing hypotheses.

Book Statistical Models and Methods for Reliability and Survival Analysis

Download or read book Statistical Models and Methods for Reliability and Survival Analysis written by Vincent Couallier and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-12-11 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Statistical Models and Methods for Reliability and Survival Analysis brings together contributions by specialists in statistical theory as they discuss their applications providing up-to-date developments in methods used in survival analysis, statistical goodness of fit, stochastic processes for system reliability, amongst others. Many of these are related to the work of Professor M. Nikulin in statistics over the past 30 years. The authors gather together various contributions with a broad array of techniques and results, divided into three parts - Statistical Models and Methods, Statistical Models and Methods in Survival Analysis, and Reliability and Maintenance. The book is intended for researchers interested in statistical methodology and models useful in survival analysis, system reliability and statistical testing for censored and non-censored data.

Book Testing Goodness of Fit of Parametric Survival Models for Right Censored Data

Download or read book Testing Goodness of Fit of Parametric Survival Models for Right Censored Data written by Mireia Besalú and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The main goal of this work it is to present a review of the existing methods to deal with the goodness-of-fit for right-censored data. Goodness-of-fit tests are developed to assess whether a given distribution is suited to a data set. Literature on goodness-of-fit tests for right-censored data is scarce and scattered. This master s degree thesis is divided into three different parts. The first part is devoted to review the bibliography of goodness-of-fit test for parametric models with right-censored data. We classify them according to the type of censoring and the methodology used, and we also propose a unified notation. The second part it focuses on the theoretic explanation of the Generalized Chi Squared test. Finally, the last part of the work presents an implementation in R of the Generalized Chi-Squared test for complete and right-censored data. We also have applied the above methods to some data sets and we have analyzed the results.

Book Modern Survival Analysis in Clinical Research

Download or read book Modern Survival Analysis in Clinical Research written by Ton J. Cleophas and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-05-29 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An important novel menu for Survival Analysis entitled Accelerated Failure Time (AFT) models has been published by IBM (international Businesss Machines) in its SPSS statistical software update of 2023. Unlike the traditional Cox regressions that work with hazards, which are the ratio of deaths and non-deaths in a sample, it works with risk of death, which is the proportion of deaths in the same sample. The latter approach may provide better sensitivity of testing, but has been seldom applied, because with computers risks are tricky and hazards because they are odds are fine. This was underscored in 1997 by Keiding and colleague statisticians from Copenhagen University who showed better-sensitive goodness of fit and null-hypothesis tests with AFT than with Cox survival tests. So far, a controlled study of a representative sample of clinical Kaplan Meier assessments, where the sensitivity of Cox regression is systematically tested against that of AFT modeling, has not been accomplished. This edition is the first textbook and tutorial of AFT modeling both for medical and healthcare students and for professionals. Each chapter can be studied as a standalone, and, using, real as well as hypothesized data, it tests the performance of the novel methodology against traditional Cox regressions. Step by step analyses of over 20 data files stored at Supplementary Files at Springer Interlink are included for self-assessment. We should add that the authors are well qualified in their field. Professor Zwinderman is past-president of the International Society of Biostatistics (2012-2015) and Professor Cleophas is past-president of the American College of Angiology (2000-2002). From their expertise they should be able to make adequate selections of modern data analysis methods for the benefit of physicians, students, and investigators. The authors have been working and publishing together for 25 years and their research can be characterized as a continued effort to demonstrate that clinical data analysis is not mathematics but rather a discipline at the interface of biology and mathematics.

Book Statistical Topics and Stochastic Models for Dependent Data with Applications

Download or read book Statistical Topics and Stochastic Models for Dependent Data with Applications written by Vlad Stefan Barbu and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-12-03 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a collective volume authored by leading scientists in the field of stochastic modelling, associated statistical topics and corresponding applications. The main classes of stochastic processes for dependent data investigated throughout this book are Markov, semi-Markov, autoregressive and piecewise deterministic Markov models. The material is divided into three parts corresponding to: (i) Markov and semi-Markov processes, (ii) autoregressive processes and (iii) techniques based on divergence measures and entropies. A special attention is payed to applications in reliability, survival analysis and related fields.

Book Applied Survival Analysis

Download or read book Applied Survival Analysis written by David W. Hosmer, Jr. and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-09-23 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE MOST PRACTICAL, UP-TO-DATE GUIDE TO MODELLING AND ANALYZING TIME-TO-EVENT DATA—NOW IN A VALUABLE NEW EDITION Since publication of the first edition nearly a decade ago, analyses using time-to-event methods have increase considerably in all areas of scientific inquiry mainly as a result of model-building methods available in modern statistical software packages. However, there has been minimal coverage in the available literature to9 guide researchers, practitioners, and students who wish to apply these methods to health-related areas of study. Applied Survival Analysis, Second Edition provides a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to regression modeling for time-to-event data in medical, epidemiological, biostatistical, and other health-related research. This book places a unique emphasis on the practical and contemporary applications of regression modeling rather than the mathematical theory. It offers a clear and accessible presentation of modern modeling techniques supplemented with real-world examples and case studies. Key topics covered include: variable selection, identification of the scale of continuous covariates, the role of interactions in the model, assessment of fit and model assumptions, regression diagnostics, recurrent event models, frailty models, additive models, competing risk models, and missing data. Features of the Second Edition include: Expanded coverage of interactions and the covariate-adjusted survival functions The use of the Worchester Heart Attack Study as the main modeling data set for illustrating discussed concepts and techniques New discussion of variable selection with multivariable fractional polynomials Further exploration of time-varying covariates, complex with examples Additional treatment of the exponential, Weibull, and log-logistic parametric regression models Increased emphasis on interpreting and using results as well as utilizing multiple imputation methods to analyze data with missing values New examples and exercises at the end of each chapter Analyses throughout the text are performed using Stata® Version 9, and an accompanying FTP site contains the data sets used in the book. Applied Survival Analysis, Second Edition is an ideal book for graduate-level courses in biostatistics, statistics, and epidemiologic methods. It also serves as a valuable reference for practitioners and researchers in any health-related field or for professionals in insurance and government.

Book Survival Analysis

    Book Details:
  • Author : David G. Kleinbaum
  • Publisher : Springer
  • Release : 2006-01-02
  • ISBN : 0387291504
  • Pages : 590 pages

Download or read book Survival Analysis written by David G. Kleinbaum and published by Springer. This book was released on 2006-01-02 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An excellent introduction for all those coming to the subject for the first time. New material has been added to the second edition and the original six chapters have been modified. The previous edition sold 9500 copies world wide since its release in 1996. Based on numerous courses given by the author to students and researchers in the health sciences and is written with such readers in mind. Provides a "user-friendly" layout and includes numerous illustrations and exercises. Written in such a way so as to enable readers learn directly without the assistance of a classroom instructor. Throughout, there is an emphasis on presenting each new topic backed by real examples of a survival analysis investigation, followed up with thorough analyses of real data sets.

Book Survival Analysis Using SAS

Download or read book Survival Analysis Using SAS written by Paul D. Allison and published by SAS Institute. This book was released on 2010-03-29 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Easy to read and comprehensive, Survival Analysis Using SAS: A Practical Guide, Second Edition, by Paul D. Allison, is an accessible, data-based introduction to methods of survival analysis. Researchers who want to analyze survival data with SAS will find just what they need with this fully updated new edition that incorporates the many enhancements in SAS procedures for survival analysis in SAS 9. Although the book assumes only a minimal knowledge of SAS, more experienced users will learn new techniques of data input and manipulation. Numerous examples of SAS code and output make this an eminently practical book, ensuring that even the uninitiated become sophisticated users of survival analysis. The main topics presented include censoring, survival curves, Kaplan-Meier estimation, accelerated failure time models, Cox regression models, and discrete-time analysis. Also included are topics not usually covered in survival analysis books, such as time-dependent covariates, competing risks, and repeated events. Survival Analysis Using SAS: A Practical Guide, Second Edition, has been thoroughly updated for SAS 9, and all figures are presented using ODS Graphics. This new edition also documents major enhancements to the STRATA statement in the LIFETEST procedure; includes a section on the PROBPLOT command, which offers graphical methods to evaluate the fit of each parametric regression model; introduces the new BAYES statement for both parametric and Cox models, which allows the user to do a Bayesian analysis using MCMC methods; demonstrates the use of the counting process syntax as an alternative method for handling time-dependent covariates; contains a section on cumulative incidence functions; and describes the use of the new GLIMMIX procedure to estimate random-effects models for discrete-time data. This book is part of the SAS Press program.

Book Dynamic Regression Models for Survival Data

Download or read book Dynamic Regression Models for Survival Data written by Torben Martinussen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-11-24 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book studies and applies modern flexible regression models for survival data with a special focus on extensions of the Cox model and alternative models with the aim of describing time-varying effects of explanatory variables. Use of the suggested models and methods is illustrated on real data examples, using the R-package timereg developed by the authors, which is applied throughout the book with worked examples for the data sets.

Book Biostatistical Applications in Cancer Research

Download or read book Biostatistical Applications in Cancer Research written by Craig Beam and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-14 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biostatistics is defined as much by its application as it is by theory. This book provides an introduction to biostatistical applications in modern cancer research that is both accessible and valuable to the cancer biostatistician or to the cancer researcher, learning biostatistics. The topical areas include active areas of the application of biostatistics to modern cancer research: survival analysis, screening, diagnostics, spatial analysis and the analysis of microarray data. Biostatistics is an essential component of basic and clinical cancer research. The text, authored by distinguished figures in the field, addresses clinical issues in statistical analysis. The spectrum of topics discussed ranges from fundamental methodology to clinical and translational applications.

Book Predictive Value and Goodness of fit in Survival Analysis

Download or read book Predictive Value and Goodness of fit in Survival Analysis written by Petrus Jacobus Maria Verweij and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Accelerated Life Models

Download or read book Accelerated Life Models written by Vilijandas Bagdonavicius and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2001-11-28 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors of this monograph have developed a large and important class of survival analysis models that generalize most of the existing models. In a unified, systematic presentation, this monograph fully details those models and explores areas of accelerated life testing usually only touched upon in the literature. Accelerated Life Models:

Book Statistical Methods for Survival Data Analysis

Download or read book Statistical Methods for Survival Data Analysis written by Elisa T. Lee and published by Wiley-Interscience. This book was released on 1992-05-07 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Functions of survival time; Examples of survival data analysis; Nonparametric methods of estimating survival functions; Nonparametric methods for comparing survival distributions; Some well-known survival distributions and their applications; Graphical methods for sulvival distribution fitting and goodness-of-fit tests; Analytical estimation procedures for sulvival distributions; Parametric methods for comparing two survival distribution; Identification of prognostic factors related to survival time; Identification of risk factors related to dichotomous data; Planning and design of clinical trials (I); Planning and design of clinicL trials(II).

Book On Validation of Parametric Models Applied in Survival Analysis and Reliability

Download or read book On Validation of Parametric Models Applied in Survival Analysis and Reliability written by Muhammad-Ramzan Tahir and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an increasing importance in survival analysis and reliability to select a suitable basic model for further inquiries of the data. Little deviation in basic model can cause serious problems in final results. The presence of censoring and accelerated stresses make this task more difficult. Chi-square type goodness of fit tests are most commonly used for model selection. Many modifications in chi-square tests have been proposed by various researcher. The first aim of the thesis is to present a goodness of fit test for wide rage of parametric models (shape-scale families) commonly used in survival analysis, social sciences, engineering, public health and demography, in presence of right censoring. We give the explicit forms of the quadratic form of the test statistic (NRR test) for various models and apply the test on real data. We develop a computer program in R-language for all models. A separate section is dedicated for the test in demography. We focus on the Birnbaum-Saunders (BS) distribution for goodness of fit test for parametric AFT-model and analysis of redundant system.The other purpose of the thesis is to give the analysis of redundant system. To ensure high reliability of the main components of the systems, standby units are used. The main component is replaced by the standby unit automatically, if it fails. The standby unit can be in warm, hot, or cold state. We give the procedure of one main and (n-1) standby units placed in hot state, and give the detailed analysis of one main and one standby unit using BS parametric family. We use Sedyakin's physical principal and the approach of accelerated failure time model for the analysis of redundant system. This approach is different from the traditional ones in the literature but difficulties in calculations. We calculate the reliability of the system in terms of distribution function (unreliability function) and asymptotic confidence interval.