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Survival Analysis in R for Public Health and Psychologists

Course Duration: 7 hours total (3 hours theory, 4 hours practice)

What You'll Learn

  • Run Kaplan-Meier plots and Cox regression in R and interpret the output
  • Describe a data set from scratch, using descriptive statistics and simple graphical methods as a necessary first step for more advanced analysis
  • Describe and compare some common ways to choose a multiple regression model

Course Sections and Titles

1. The Kaplan–Meier Plot
2. Welcome to Course
3. What is Survival Analysis?
4. The KM Plot and Log-Rank Test
5. What is Heart Failure and How to Run a KM Plot in R
6. Data Set and Glossary
7. Additional Readings
8. Life Tables
9. Feedback: Life Tables
10. The Course Data Set
11. Feedback: Running a KM Plot and Log-Rank Test
12. Practice in R: Run Another KM Plot and Log-Rank Test
13. Feedback: Running Another KM Plot and Log-Rank Test
14. The Cox Model
15. Intro to Cox Model
16. How to Run Simple Cox Model in R
17. Introduction to Missing Data
18. Hazard Function and Risk Set
19. Practice in R: Simple Cox Model
20. Feedback: Simple Cox Model
21. The Multiple Cox Model
22. The Proportionality Assumption