Advances in Survival Analysis and Optimal Scaling Methods

Willems, S.J.W. (2020)

Doctoral Thesis

This thesis is based on five papers on several topics: Survival analysis (Chapters 1-2); Optimal Scaling transformations in the Cox proportional hazards model (Chapter 3) and Generalized Linear Models (Chapter 4); and the interpretation of verbal probability phrases (Chapter 5).
See the thesis’ English/Dutch summary for more detailed information.

• Survival analysis
• Dependent censoring
• Inverse probability weighting
• Nonlinear principal components analysis
• Optimal scaling transformations
• Cox proportional hazards model
• Generalized Linear Models
• Statistics communication
• Risk communication
• Subjective probability

• All authors: Willems, S.J.W.
• Supervisor: Meulman, J.J.
• Co-supervisor: Fiocco, M.
• Committee: Irth, H.; Vaart, A.W. van der; Hastie, T.J.; Putter, H.; Dusseldorp, E.M.L.
• Qualification: Doctor (dr.)
• Awarding Institution: Mathematical Institute (MI), Faculty of Science, Leiden University
• Date: 2020-03-19