An excellent introduction for all those coming to the subject for the
first time.
New material has been added to the second edition and the original six
chapters have been modified.
The previous edition sold 9500 copies world wide since its release in
1996.
Based on numerous courses given by the author to students and
researchers in the health sciences and is written with such readers in
mind.
Provides a "user-friendly" layout and includes numerous illustrations
and exercises.
Written in such a way so as to enable readers learn directly without the
assistance of a classroom instructor.
Throughout, there is an emphasis on presenting each new topic backed by
real examples of a survival analysis investigation, followed up with
thorough analyses of real data sets.