All assignments are due at 11:59 PM US Eastern time unless otherwise noted. This schedule may be updated as the semester progresses with all changes documented here (class announcements will be made prior to any potential changes).
Change: Week 3/4 material has been swapped.
Change: Lecture 9/24 has been changed from accelerated failure time models to a review of interpreting linear models.
Change: Special topics lecture on 10/3 has been changed to an introduction to clinical trials
| Week |
Date |
Activity |
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Material |
Due |
| 01 |
Tue, Aug 27 |
Lecture |
Censored data |
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Thu, Aug 29 |
Lecture |
Survivorship and hazard |
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| 02 |
Tue, Sep 03 |
Lecture |
Nonparametric estimators |
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Thu, Sep 05 |
Lecture |
Standard error estimation |
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Homework 1 |
| 03 |
Tue, Sep 10 |
Lecture |
Estimation of censored likelihoods |
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Thu, Sep 12 |
Lecture |
Estimation of censored likelihoods |
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Homework 2 |
| 04 |
Tue, Sep 17 |
Lecture |
Stratified categorical data |
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Thu, Sep 19 |
Lecture |
The log-rank test |
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Homework 3 |
| 05 |
Tue, Sep 24 |
Lecture |
Review: Interpreting linear models |
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Thu, Sep 26 |
Lecture |
Accelerated failure time models |
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Homework 4 |
| 06 |
Tue, Oct 01 |
Lecture |
Model checking and diagnostics |
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Thu, Oct 03 |
Lecture |
Special topic: Clinical Trials |
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Homework 5 |
| 07 |
Tue, Oct 08 |
Lecture |
Exam review |
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Thu, Oct 10 |
Exam |
Take-home Midterm |
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| 08 |
Tue, Oct 15 |
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Fall Break. No Class. |
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Thu, Oct 17 |
Lecture |
(Parametric) Proportional hazards models |
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| 09 |
Tue, Oct 22 |
Lecture |
Partial likelihood and the Cox model |
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Thu, Oct 24 |
Lecture |
Model checking and diagnostics |
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| 10 |
Tue, Oct 29 |
Lecture |
Time-varying coefficients |
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Thu, Oct 31 |
Lecture |
Landmark analyses |
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Homework 6 |
| 11 |
Tue, Nov 05 |
Lecture |
Time-varying covariates |
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Thu, Nov 07 |
Lecture |
Competing risks |
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Homework 7 |
| 12 |
Tue, Nov 12 |
Lecture |
Recurrent events |
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Thu, Nov 14 |
Lecture |
Multi-state models |
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Homework 8 |
| 13 |
Tue, Nov 19 |
Lecture |
Exam review |
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Thu, Nov 21 |
Lecture |
Take-home Midterm |
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| 14 |
Tue, Nov 26 |
Lecture |
Project Work Day |
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Thu, Nov 28 |
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Thanksgiving Break. No class. |
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| 15 |
Tue, Dec 03 |
Lecture |
Adding a variable (part 1) |
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Thu, Dec 05 |
Lecture |
Adding a variable (part 2) |
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| 16 |
Fri, Dec 13 |
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Project Due Date |
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Project |