Sociological Methodology · 1982 · 2.1K citations · 39 references
HumanitiesHistorySociologyHistoriographyLabor HistorySocial HistoryEvent History AnalysisSocial ChangeTime-to-event AnalysisDiscrete-time Event History AnalysisDiscrete-time ModelsEvent Sequence AnalysisEvent SequencingHistorical SociologyLabor Force AnalysisTemporal Sequence Analysis
Event histories describe sequences of life events such as education, employment, marriage, and mortality, and sociology seeks to explain and predict their occurrence. The study investigates why some individuals try marijuana while others do not, and why some marry early versus late. The other section contains an incomplete statement: “Do educational.”.
The history of an individual or group can always be characterized as a sequence of events. People finish school, enter the labor force, marry, give birth, get promoted, change employers, retire, and ultimately die. Formal organizations merge, adopt innovations, and go bankrupt. Nations experience wars, revolutions, and peaceful changes of government. It is surely the business of sociology to explain and predict the occurrence of such events. Why is it, for example, that some individuals try marijuana while others do not? Why do some people marry early while others marry late? Do educational
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The Statistical Analysis of Failure Time Data.
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Analysis of Covariance with Qualitative Data
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