Introduction to Statistical Modelling
Training session with Dr Helen Brown, Senior Statistician, at The Roslin Institute,  December 2015.
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These training sessions were given to staff and research students at the Roslin Institute. The material is also used for the Animal Biosciences MSc course taught at the Institute.
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*Recommended Youtube playback settings for the best viewing experience:  1080p HD
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Content:
Survival analysis
-For time to event data (eg to death, infection, etc)
---Where event may not happen by end of study (then ‘censored’)
-Log rank test: Simple comparison of survival between groups
-Cox regression :
---Model to predict survival in terms of several independent variables :-
---Variables may be categorical or continuous
-Cox regression allows :
---Effects to be assessed after adjusting for other effects
---Interactions to be tested
---Prediction of survival based on several factors