Undergraduate Course: The Analysis of Survival Data (MATH11024)
Course Outline
| School | School of Mathematics |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Mathematics |
Other subject area | Specialist Mathematics & Statistics (Honours) |
| Course website |
https://info.maths.ed.ac.uk/teaching.html |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Course for final year students in Honours programmes in Statistics.
Survivor functions and hazard rates. The life table. Actuarial notation. Practical calculation of probabilities using life tables. The Weibull distribution and its uses in reliability theory. The life table as a multiple-state model. Other multiple-state models and the Kolmogorov Forward Equations. Estimation of transition intensities by maximum likelihood. Confidence intervals for transition intensities. Binomial and Poisson models for morality rates. Graduation of life tables. Some demographic terms. Clinical trials. The Kaplan-Meier estimate of the survival function. The log-rank test. Cox proportional hazards techniques. Checking the proportional hazards assumption. Meta-analysis. The use of SPSS in survival analysis. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2014/15 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
12/01/2015 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 22,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 5,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
69 )
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| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
95 %,
Coursework
5 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | | 2:00 | |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
1. A knowledge of some aspects of medical statistics
2. A knowledge of some material for the Examinations of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries.
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Assessment Information
See 'Breakdown of Assessment Methods' and 'Additional Notes', above.
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Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Study Pattern |
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| Keywords | ASD |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Martin Dindos
Tel:
Email: |
Course secretary | Mrs Alison Fairgrieve
Tel: (0131 6)50 5045
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