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S.96-7
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
OFFICE OF THE VICE-PRESIDENT, ACADEMIC
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MEMORANDUM
To:
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Senate
D. Gagan,
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Senate Committee on Academic
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Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Curriculum Revisions
Date:
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December 11, 1995
Action undertaken by the Senate Graduate Studies Committee and the Senate Committee
on Academic Planning gives rise to the following motion:
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Motion:
That Senate approve and recommend approval to the Board of
Governors, as set forth in S.96-7 , the following
New courses: ?
STAT 806-4 Lifetime Data Analysis
STAT 891-2 Seminar."
Agreement has been reached between the Faculty and Library in
the assessment of library costs associated with the new courses.
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Simon Fraser University ?
New Graduate Course Proposal Form
Department: ?
Mathematics and Statistics ?
Course Number:
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STAT 806
Title:
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Lifetime Data Analysis
Description:
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See attached sheet
Credit Hours:
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4 ?
Vector: ?
Prerequisite(s)
if
any:
STAT 450
or permission of the instructor
ENROLLMENT AND SCHEDULING:
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As STAT 890-4, Statistics: Selected
Topics, it was first offered in
Estimated Enrollment:
8 ?
When will the course first be offered:
Summer 93 and will be next
offered Summer 95.
How often will the course be offered:
Once every two years.
JUSTIFICATION:
The topics covered in this course form part of the basic content
of modern M.Sc. and Ph.D. programs in applied statistics. In addition, the course is of
direct relevance to those who plan to work in biostatistical and engineering fields.
Which Faculty member will normally teach the course:
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C. Dean
What are the budgetary implications of mounting the course:
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None
Are there sufficient Library resources (append details):
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Yes
Appended: ?
(a) Outline of the Course
(b)
An indication of the competence of the Faculty member to give the course
(c)
Library resources
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STAT 806-4. Lifetime Data Analysis
Statistical methodology used in analyzingfailure time data. Likelihoods under various
censoring patterns. Inference using parametric regression models including the
exponential, Weibull, lognormal, generalized gamma distributions. Goodness-of-fit tests.
The proportional hazards
family,
and inference under the proportional hazards model.
Stratification and blocking in proportional hazards models. Time-dependent covariates.
Regression methods for grouped data.
Prerequisite: Stat
450
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Lifetime Data Analysis
1.
Basic ideas
Features of lifetime data
Lifetime distribution models
Censoring
Likelihood under various censoring patterns
2.
Some nonparametric and graphical procedures
Lifetable methods
Nonparametric estimation of a survivor function
Graphical procedures; the empirical cumulative hazard function
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Distributional properties of lifetable and product-limit estimates
3.
Review of maximum likelihood large sample theory
4.
Inference with specific lifetime distributions
Exponential, Weibull, log-normal and other distributions: one- and k-sample
problems
5.
Nonparametric/distribution free methods
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Estimation and test procedures for one- and k-sample problems: non-parametric
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estimation methods; rank tests for equality of distributions
6.
Regression analysis
Types of regression models
Regression with fully parametric models
Regression diagnostics
7.
The proportional hazards model
Proportional Hazards family; concepts of marginal and partial likelihood;
justification of the proportional hazards likelihood as a marginal or partial
likelihood; inference ui1der the proportional hazards model; diagnostics; the k-
sample test; time-dependent covariates; stratification and blocking in proportional
hazards models.
8.
Regression methods for grouped data
9.
Longitudinal studies
10.
Multivariate and multi-state problems
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Simon Fraser University
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New Graduate Course Proposal Form
CALENDAR INFORMATION:
Department: ?
Mathematics and Statistics
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Course Number:
STAT 891
Title:
Seminar
Description: A
course to be team taught by current and visiting farnity
and with topics chosen to match the interests of the students.
Credit Hours: ?
2 ?
Vector: ?
Prerequisite(s) if any:
None
ENROLLMENT AND SCHEDULING:
Estimated Enrollment: ?
8 ?
When will the course first be offered:
How often will the course be offered:
JUSTIFICATION:
A seminar course is useful for discussing research topics, information
about which is rapidly developing and scattered in a variety of statistical
RESOURCES:
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books and journals.
Which Faculty member will normally teach the course:
Faculty members in the area
of
Statistics: Drs. Dean, Schwarz, Routledge, Lockhart, Weldon, Eaves,
What are the budgetary implications of mounting the course:
None. This course will bartz.
analogous to MATH 896-2; but with a STATISTICS name.
Are there sufficient Library resources (append details):
Appended: ?
(a) Outline of the Course
(b)
An indication of the competence of the Faculty member to give the course
(c)
Library resources
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