Event History Analysis - 9781138969179

Taylor & Francis

Event History AnalysisStatistical theory and Application in the Social Sciences\nAuthor(s): Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Alfred Hamerle, Karl Ulrich Mayer\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Psychology Press Ltd\nISBN-13: 9781138969179, 978-1138969179\nSynopsis\nServing as both a student textbook and a professional reference/handbook, this volume explores the statistical methods of examining time intervals between successive state transitions or events. Examples include: survival rates of patients in medical studies, unemployment periods in economic studies, or the period of time it takes a criminal to break the law after his release in a criminological study. The authors illustrate the entire research path required in the application of event-history analysis, from the initial problems of recording event-oriented data to the specific questions of data organization, to the concrete application of available program packages and the interpretation.