Series Editor's Introduction |
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Acknowledgments |
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Preface |
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About the Authors |
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1.1 Sequence Analysis in the Social Sciences |
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1.2 Organization of the Book |
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1.3 Software, Data, and Companion Webpage |
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Chapter 2 Describing and Visualizing Sequences |
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2.1 Basic Concepts and Terminology |
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2.1.1 Sequences With Recurrent States |
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2.1.2 Episodes and Transitions |
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2.2.2 Sequence Length and Granularity |
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2.2.3 Sequences of Unequal Length: Censoring and Missing Data |
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2.3 Description of Sequence Data I: The Basics |
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2.3.1 Time Spent in Different States and Occurrence of Episodes |
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2.3.3 State Distribution and Shannon Entropy at Different Positions |
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2.3.4 Modal and Representative Sequences |
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2.4 Visualization of Sequences |
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2.4.1 Data Summarization Graphs |
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2.4.2 Data Representation Graphs |
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2.5 Description of Sequences II: Assessing Sequence Complexity and Quality |
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2.5.1 Unidimensional Measures |
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Chapter 3 Comparing Sequences |
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3.1 Dissimilarity Measures to Compare Sequences |
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3.2.2 Assigning Costs to the Alignment Operations |
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3.2.3 Critiques of Classical OM |
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3.3 Alignment-Based Extensions of OM |
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3.4 Nonalignment Techniques |
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3.5 Comparing Dissimilarity Matrices |
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3.6 Comparing Sequences of Different Length |
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3.7 Beyond the Standard Full-Sample Pairwise Sequence Comparison |
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Chapter 4 Identifying Groups in Data: Analyses Based On Dissimilarities Between Sequences |
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4.1 Clustering Sequences to Uncover Typologies |
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4.1.1 The Rationale Behind Clustering Sequences |
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4.1.2 Crisp (or Hard) Clustering Algorithms |
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4.1.3 Partitional Clustering |
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4.1.4 Using Cluster Quality Indices to Choose the Number of Clusters |
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4.2 Illustrative Application |
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4.2.1 Hierarchical Clustering: Ward's Linkage |
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4.2.2 Partitional Clustering: Partitioning Around Medoids |
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4.3 "Construct Validity" for Typologies From Cluster Analysis to Sequences |
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4.4 Using Typologies as Dependent and Independent Variables in a Regression Framework |
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4.4.1 Clusters as Outcomes |
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4.4.2 Clusters as Predictors |
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Chapter 5 Multidimensional Sequence Analysis |
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5.1 Accounting for Simultaneous Temporal Processes |
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5.2 Expanding the Alphabet: Combining Multiple Channels Into a Single Alphabet |
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5.3 Cross-Tabulation of Groups Identified From Different Dissimilarity Matrices |
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5.4 Combining Domain-Specific Dissimilarities |
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5.5 Multichannel Sequence Analysis |
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Chapter 6 Examining Group Differences Without Cluster Analysis |
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6.1 Comparing Within-Group Discrepancies |
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6.2 Measuring Associations Between Sequences and Covariates |
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6.2.1 Discrepancy Framework--Pseudo R- and Permutation F-Test |
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6.2.2 Bayesian Information Criterion and the Likelihood Ratio Test |
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6.3 Statistical Implicative Analysis |
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Chapter 7 Combining Sequence Analysis With Other Explanatory Methods |
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7.1 The Rationale Behind the Combination of Stochastic and Algorithmic Analytical Tools |
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7.2 Competing Trajectories Analysis |
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7.3 Sequence Analysis Multistate Model Procedure |
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7.4 Combining SA and (Propensity Score) Matching |
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8.1 Summary of Recommendations: An Extended Checklist |
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8.1.1 Define, Describe, and Visualize the Sequences |
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8.1.2 Computing Sequence Dissimilarities |
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8.1.3 Clustering Sequences |
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8.1.4 Multidimensional Sequence Analysis |
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8.1.5 Group Comparisons Without Clustering |
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8.1.6 Added Value of Sequence Analysis |
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8.2 Achievements, Unresolved Issues, and Ongoing Innovation |
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References |
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Index |
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