Description: Though much has been written on multivariate failure time data analysis methods, a unified approach to this topic has yet to be communicated. This book aims to fill that gap through a novel focus on marginal hazard rates and cross ratio modeling. Readers will find the content useful for instruction, for application in collaborative research and
Review Quotes:
"Here, Prentice (Univ. of Washington) and Zhao (National Inst. of Environmental Health Sciences) provide a systematic introduction to novel statistical methodology, using a "marginal modeling approach" relevant to a number of fields where interpretation of survival outcomes and failure over time data is required.The authors explore the entirety of each method covered, progressing from background mathematics to assumptions and caveats, and finally to interpretation. Intended for biostatistical researchers engaged in analysis of complex population data sets as encountered, for example, in randomized clinical trials, this volume may also serve as a reference for quantitative epidemiologists. Readers will need a solid understanding of statistical estimation methods and a reasonable command of calculus and probability theory. Appropriate exercises accompany each chapter, and links to software and sample data are provided (appendix B)."
K. J. Whitehair, independent scholar, CHOICE, January 2020 Vol. 57 No. 5Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students, faculty and practitioners.