UCL - Special topics in statistical methodology

[STAT3140]

[15h] 3 credits

This course is taught in the 2d semester.

Teacher(s): Catherine Legrand

Language: English

Aims
Content and teaching methods
Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Aims

The goal is to explore specific aspects of Biostatistics that are not tackled or studied in details in another course of the Master in Statistics. Topics addressed in this course might evolve with time. This year, the course will deal with the various possible application of frailty models (survival models including random effects) in biostatistics. The main reference for this course will be the book "The Frailty Models" by Luc Duchateau and Paul Janssen (to appear end of 2007, Springer).

Content and teaching methods

Use of frailty models in Biostatistics
- Frailty models: Methodology
- Discussion of various applications in biostatistics (clinical trials, veterinary sciences, agronomy, )

Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

The main reference for this course will be the book "The Frailty Models" by Luc Duchateau and Paul Janssen (to appear end of 2007, Springer).

Pré-recquis: STAT2220 Analyse des données de survie.