The prior edition of this book has long been used for introductory courses in survival analysis for statistics students, and its treatment of the proportional hazards model and partial likelihood is classic. Contrary to the claims of another reviewer here, notation for the survival function is far from standardized in the field. In fact, both this book and another standard text ("Analysis of Survival Data" by D.R. Cox and D. Oakes) represent this quantity with an "F". An excellent and authoratative introduction for students with some knowledge of theoretical statistics.

Great book.

Very good book to use as a reference when analyzing failure data. Always enjoyed Wiley series books as they are straightforward to follow.

Excellent book on the subject. One of the best! The 1st edition has been with me for 20 years. I'm still reading it today. The book is not at the introduction level though. It is at advanced level (grad level for math/stat major).

I believe it is a good book that you can use as a reference book but definitely not as good for a textbook. At many points I feel like the authors are just saying something, and they feel that the reader should believe them, even if they don't justify it.As class textbooks I like books that give very detailed explanations about everything... because do not forget... Students are people that have their first touch with those materials. Something obvious to the writer... is not obvious to the reader, especially if that student is a student.If I rate it as a textbook that my professor suggested I will give it low ratings, but since it is not the authors fault if someone suggest this as a textbook then I will see it as a book generally and I will give it 4 stars because it is really good for a reference book.