ISA Short course

March 2-3 2006

Survival and event history analysis based on counting processes

This is the first 2-day training event on which the ISA  has  embarked and we hope it will be successful in terms of participation. We have two leading world experts in Counting Processes (Per Kragh Andersen and Niels Keiding)  coming to give us a 2-day course. The  course will appeal to those who wish to strengthen their grasp of the modern theory of survival analysisand will serve as a solid foundation for applied work and future research study in the area. We hope to see a good cross-section of applied and academic statisticians  using the course as a way of updating  and refreshing  their knowledge base. The course represents excellent value compared with commercial events.



Venue
Trinity College Dublin
Large Conference Room
O'Reilly Institute (see map)

Registration form is available here.


Programme

March, 2 morning block: (Prof.: Per Kragh Andersen)
 Introductory examples, censoring and truncation,
heuristic introduction to counting processes and martingales,
the Nelson-Aalen estimator (ABGK* I.3, II.1, IV.1.3)

March, 2 afternoon block: (Prof.: Niels Keiding )
The Kaplan-Meier estimator, the Aalen-Johansen estimator,
 non-parametric tests, parametric models, Poisson regression
  (ABGK* IV.3, IV.4, V, VI)

March, 3 morning block: (Prof.: Per Kragh Andersen)
The Cox regression model, goodness of fit
 (ABGK* VII.1-VII.3)

March, 3 afternoon block: (Prof.  Kragh Andersen)
Aalen's additive regression model (ABGK* VII.4)
(Prof Niels Keiding ) multivariate survival analysis: frailty models (ABGK* IX),
and marginal models, multi-state models for bone marrow transplantation.


ABGK* = BOOK entitled
"Statistical Models based on Counting Processes"
by  Per Kragh Andersen, Ornulf Borgan, Richard D Gill &  Niels Keiding
Springer - Verlag (1991)  (Highly recommended.!)
available at  bargain discount price of  Euro 40 (GBP 28) (original cost cEuro70 (GBP48) ).

Course cost:
Student  without book  Euro95    (GBP 62)
ISA member without book  Euro 125  (GBP 86)
Non-ISA member without book Euro 145  (GBP 100 )

With book add Euro 40  (GBP 28 )

Maximum course places 50 ( first come first served)  


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