KaplanMeier method,

313–316, 328, 330

KaplanMeier (KM) survival estimate,

313, 317

kappa (κ), 189–190

kilograms (kg), 218–220, 225–226, 239

Kruskal, William (statistician), 141

KruskalWallis test,

47–49, 144, 157

kurtosis, 121–122

L

Last Observation Carried Forward (LOCF), 75

lastseen date,

303

LazStats, 59

leastsquares line,

234

left skewed data, 121

leptokurtic distribution, 122

lethal dose, 262

levels of measurement, 102–103

LFU (lost to followup),

303–304, 308–309

life sciences, 1

lifetable method,

307, 311–316, 320–321

likert scale, 102, 106

line of best fit, 215–216

linear combination, 329

linear function, 210–211

linear model, 272–273

linear regression, 210

link function, 273–274

liver cancer, 93–97

locally weighted scatterplot smoothing (LOWESS) curvefitting,

12, 286–290

LOCF (Last Observation Carried Forward), 75

logarithms, 21–22, 118–119