Tutorial: Survival analysis - A statistic for clinical, efficacy, and theoretical applications

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 432-447

  Gruber, Frederic A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b LAMAR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficacy; Language; Phonology; Prediction; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHONETICS; PROBABILITY; SPEECH DEVELOPMENT; SPEECH DISORDER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; THEORY;

EID: 0032966608     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/jslhr.4202.432     Document Type: Article

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