Since the software they most commonly use does not perform in depth competing risk analysis, we recommend an add-on package for the R statistical software.

We describe how to conduct a regression analysis for competing risks data. The use of an add-on package for the R statistical software is described, which allows for the estimation of the ...

Course Objectives: To learn practical issues in statistical computing which includes programming in R, reading data into R, accessing R packages, writing R functions, debugging, profiling R code, and ...