Fall 2012 Course Syllabus: Math 659
Course Title: |
Survival Analysis |
Textbook: |
Survival Analysis: Techniques for Censored and Truncated Data, by John P. Klein and Melvin L. Moeschberger; Publisher: Springer, 2nd edition (2003); ISBN-13: 978-0387953991.
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Reference
Books: |
Survival Analysis: A Self-Learning Text,
by David G. Kleinbaum and Michael Kline (2005, 2nd
Ed.).
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Prerequisites: |
Math 665 or
equivalent with Departmental approval. |
Course
Outline |
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Date |
Lecture |
Sections |
Topic |
Assignment |
Week 1 9/4 |
1 |
Sections 2.1 Lecture Note |
Introduction to Survival Analysis Introduction to R programming
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Week 2 9/11 |
2 |
Sections 2.2-2.6 |
Basic Quantities of Survival Time Basic Models for Survival Data |
Homework 1 |
Week 3 9/18 |
3 |
Sections 3.1-3.5 |
Censoring and Truncation |
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Week 4 9/25 |
4 |
Sections 4.1-4.3 |
Nonparametric Estimation Methods (I)
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Homework 2 |
Week 5 10/2 |
5 |
Sections 4.4, 4.6, 5.2 |
Nonparametric
Estimation Methods (II) |
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Week 6 10/9 |
6 |
Sections 7.1-7.2 |
Hypothesis Testing (I) |
Homework 3 |
Week 7 10/16 |
7 |
Sections 7.3 - 7.4 |
Hypothesis Testing (II) |
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Week 8 10/23 |
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MIDTERM EXAM: Tuesday ~ October 23, 2011 |
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Week 9 10/30 |
8 |
Sections 7.5, 8.1-8.3 |
Hypothesis Testing (III) Semiparametric Proportional hazards regression models and methods (I)
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Survival Data Analysis Project Homework 4 |
Week 10 11/6 |
9 |
Sections 8.4 -8.5 |
Semiparametric
Proportional hazards regression models and methods (II) |
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Week 11 11/13 |
10 |
Sections 8.7, 9.1 |
Semiparametric Proportional hazards regression models and methods (III) Refinements of the Semiparametric Proportional Hazards Model (I) |
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Week 12 11/20 |
11 |
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NO CLASS ~ Follow a Thursday Schedule |
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Week 13 11/27 |
12 |
Sections 9.2-9.4 |
Refinements of the Semiparametric Proportional Hazards Model (II) |
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Week 14 12/4 |
13 |
Sections 11.1-11.4 |
Regression Diagnostics |
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Week 15 12/11 |
14 |
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Students’ Project Presentation |
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Week 16 12/18 |
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FINAL EXAM: Tuesday ~ December 18, 2012 |
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IMPORTANT
DATES |
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FIRST DAY OF SEMESTER |
September 4, 2012 |
LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW |
November 6, 2012 |
LAST DAY OF CLASSES |
December 12, 2012 |
FINAL EXAM PERIOD |
December 14 – 20, 2012 |
Grading Policy
Assignment Weighting |
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Tentative Grading Scale |
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Homework |
25 % |
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A |
90 -- 100 |
Project |
20 % |
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B+ |
85 -- 90 |
Midterm Exam |
25 % |
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B |
80 -- 85 |
Final Exam |
30 % |
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C+ |
75 -- 80 |
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C |
70 -- 75 |
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F |
0 -- 70 |
Important Departmental and University
Policies
Prepared by Prof. Wenge Guo, May 2, 2012