Statistical Methods for Survival Data Analysis

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).