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What is survival analysis, and why can't you just use regression for time-to-event?

Time-to-event problems (churn, failure, conversion timing) hide a twist that quietly biases plain regression. The signal is naming that twist and reaching for the right framing. Here is the answer.

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Time-to-event problems (churn, failure, conversion timing) hide a twist that quietly biases plain regression. The signal is naming that twist and reaching for the right framing. Here is the answer.

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