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| Author(s): | W. Nelson |
| Publisher: | SIAM |
| ISBN: | 0898715229 |
| Format: | hardback |
| 151pp | |
| Price: | $85.00 |
| Review Date: | 26 February 2003 |
| Review: | Time-to-event data are often analysed for sample units that experience only one event: death; complete break down of a machine, etc. Recurrence events data analysis looks at repeated events, where a sample unit may accumulate over time, such as the number and repeated cost of machine repairs, or the repeated cost of recurrent disease episodes. This book introduces non-parametric methods for such data, in particular, the plot of the non-parametric estimate of the population mean cumulative function (MCF), which yields most of the information that is sought. Topics covered include: recurrence data and information sought; the basic non-parametric population model; estimating, plotting and interpreting the sample MCF; confidence limits for the MCF; analysis of a mix of events; comparison of samples; and a survey of related topics. |