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 dmrocke@ucdavis.edu Web Site http://dmrocke.ucdavis.edu/ Email List bst-sta222-f25@ucdavis.edu Canvas Site BST 222
First class is Thursday, September 25
Introductory Statistics with R (Textbook)
https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/
https://www.rstudio.com/products/rstudio/
https://rstudio-education.github.io/hopr/starting.html
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.
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
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
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