Name: What is Survival Analysis? - The term "survival analysis"
Uploaded: 2021-05-05T00:00:00Z
Description: In the first chapter, we introduce the concept of survival analysis, explain the importance of this topic, and provide a quick introduction to the theory behind survival curves. We discuss why special methods are needed when dealing with time-to-event data and introduce the concept of censoring. We also discuss how we describe the distribution of the elapsed time until an event.