Undergraduate Course: The Analysis of Survival Data (MATH11024)
Course Outline
| School | School of Mathematics |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | 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. |
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Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| 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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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
95 %,
Coursework
5 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Coursework 5%, Examination 95%
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| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | The Analysis of Survival Data (MATH11024) | 2:00 | |
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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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Martin Dindos
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Email: |
Course secretary | Mrs Alison Fairgrieve
Tel: (0131 6)50 5045
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