Biostats Exam 3 Lecture 14: Survival
Analysis ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
- What is used to study how long it will take for an event to occur
(time-to-event)? - CORRECT ANSWERS Survival analysis
What are the general options for subjects study period in a survival
analysis? - CORRECT ANSWERS Enter the study at different
timepoints, never experience the outcome, die or drop out before
experiencing the outcome
What is the term for subjects entering or exiting the study at different
times? - CORRECT ANSWERS Censoring
True or False:
Survival analysis methods are capable of handling censored data. -
CORRECT ANSWERS True
What are the survival analysis methods? - CORRECT ANSWERS
Kalpan-Meier method, Cox proportional hazards modeling
What model produces survival curves over time? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Kaplan-Meier method
Analysis ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
- What is used to study how long it will take for an event to occur
(time-to-event)? - CORRECT ANSWERS Survival analysis
What are the general options for subjects study period in a survival
analysis? - CORRECT ANSWERS Enter the study at different
timepoints, never experience the outcome, die or drop out before
experiencing the outcome
What is the term for subjects entering or exiting the study at different
times? - CORRECT ANSWERS Censoring
True or False:
Survival analysis methods are capable of handling censored data. -
CORRECT ANSWERS True
What are the survival analysis methods? - CORRECT ANSWERS
Kalpan-Meier method, Cox proportional hazards modeling
What model produces survival curves over time? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Kaplan-Meier method
