STAT 601/ SOC 897-002 is a methodology seminar jointly taught by Professors Susan Murphy and Yu Xie. The topic for the Winter semester of 1998 is on event history analysis/survival analysis.
For more information, e-mail Susan Murphy (samurphy@umich.edu) or Yu Xie (yuxie@umich.edu).
Course Description
In general the entire class meets on Thursdays from 1:30-3:00 pm in the Conference Room at the Population Studies Center, 1225 South University Avenue. The class will be divided into working teams, each composed of participants with a variety of backgrounds and experiences and a faculty mentor. We will discuss a number of papers representing new methodological developments that are motivated by substantive research interests in various scientific fields. All participants are expected to read all papers. The teams will take turns giving presentations and leading discussions of these papers. Several well-known researchers representing diverse interests in event history analysis will be invited to give presentations. Participants are encouraged to work together on any problems arising out of these presentations/discussions. Team meetings will be held on Tuesdays during the 2:30pm to 4:00pm time interval; however, teams along with their faculty mentor may elect to meet at other times. The talks by researchers will be held from 2pm to 4pm on selected Tuesdays and Thursdays also at the Population Studies Center.