BST/STA 222: Survival Analysis
Fall 2025

Course Syllabus

Instructor: David M. Rocke (dmrocke@ucdavis.edu)
TA: Chen Le (czle@ucdavis.edu)

Class Sessions 115 Wellman Hall:

Class is Tuesdays and Thursdays 2:10–4:00 pm
The lecture part of class will be roughly 2:10–3:30 pm
The lab component will be homework help and Q&A with Chen, roughly 3:40–4:00 pm

Office Hours: Med Sci 1C 140B:

By appointment, in person at Med Sci 1C 140B or by Zoom.

The lecture slides will be posted.

Contact Information:

Office 140B Med Sci 1C
Cell (530)-304-1019
E-mail dmrocke@ucdavis.edu
Web Site http://dmrocke.ucdavis.edu/
Email List bst-sta222-f25@ucdavis.edu
Canvas Site BST 222

Announcements:

First class is Thursday, September 25

Resources

Student Resource FAQ Page

Introductory Statistics with R (Textbook)

https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/

https://www.bigbookofr.com

https://www.rstudio.com/products/rstudio/

https://rstudio-education.github.io/hopr/starting.html

 

Textbooks:

Required:

Survival Analysis : Techniques for Censored and Truncated Data.
Klein, John P. and Moeschberger, Melvin L., Springer, 2005. (Free e-book from Springer site)

Optional:

Statistical Analysis of Failure Time Data, Second Edition.
John Kalbfleisch and Ross Prentice, Wiley, 2002.
Mostly useful for parametric survival analysis.

Applied Survival Analysis Using R.
Dirk Moore, Springer, 2016.

Survival Analysis: A Self-Learning Text (3rd ed.),
Kleinbaum & Klein, Springer, 2012.


Class Notes:

September 25, 2025
Reading:
KM Chapter 2
Presentation: Introduction to Survival Analysis
Homework: Homework 1; due 10/9/25

September 30, 2025
Reading:
KM Chapter 3, Sections 1–3, 5
Presentation:Basic Quantities and Models

October 2, 2025
Reading:
KM Chapter 4, Sections 1, 2
Presentation:Survival Data and Methods

October 7, 2025
Reading:
KM Chapter 4, Section 3
Powerpoint:Nonparametric Survival Analysis
Homework: Homework 2; due 10/16/25

October 9, 2025
Reading:
KM Chapter 8, Sections 1–4
Powerpoint:Survival Regression

October 14, 2025
Reading:
KM Chapter 8, Sections 2, 4, 6
Powerpoint: Hypothesis Tests
Homework: Homework 3; due 10/23/25

addicts data
R code to import addicts data (use source)

October 16, 21, 2025
Reading:
KM Chapter 8, Sections 7, 8
Powerpoint: Model Building and Checking
Homework: Homework 4; due 11/4/25

October 23, 2024
Reading:
KM Chapter 9, Sections 1–3
Powerpoint: Extensions to the Cox Model: Stratification

Freireich et al. (1963)

October 28 and November 4, 2025
Reading:
KM Chapter 9, Sections 1–3
Powerpoint: Extensions to the Cox Model: Time Dependent Covariates and Multiple Events
Powerpoint: Final Group Project
Homework: Homework 5; due 11/13/25
Final Group Project Assignment:

October 30, 2025
Midterm Examination
You will need a pocket calculator and one or more writing instruments.
You may bring one page of notes; you don't need any paper.
Coverage is through Lecture 6 Hypothesis Tests and Homework 3.

November 6, 13, 2025
Reading:

Powerpoint: Multiple Testing and Comparisons

November 11, 2025
No Class--Veteran's Day

November 18, 2025
Reading:
KM Sections 5.1 and 5.2
Powerpoint: Interval and Double Censoring

Finkelstein and Wolfe 1985
Turnbull 1976