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• Title: Event History Analysis with R
• Author : Göran Broström
• Release Date : January 03, 2018
• Genre: Mathematics,Books,Science & Nature,
• Pages : * pages
• Size : 10211 KB

Description

With an emphasis on social science applications, Event History Analysis with R presents an introduction to survival and event history analysis using real-life examples. Keeping mathematical details to a minimum, the book covers key topics, including both discrete and continuous time data, parametric proportional hazards, and accelerated failure times.

Features

Introduces parametric proportional hazards models with baseline distributions like the Weibull, Gompertz, Lognormal, and Piecewise constant hazard distributions, in addition to traditional Cox regression
Presents mathematical details as well as technical material in an appendix
Includes real examples with applications in demography, econometrics, and epidemiology
Provides a dedicated R package, eha, containing special treatments, including making cuts in the Lexis diagram, creating communal covariates, and creating period statistics

A much-needed primer, Event History Analysis with R is a didactically excellent resource for students and practitioners of applied event history and survival analysis.

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