The Statistical Analysis of Trajectories
In recent decades, changes in residential mobility, family structures, education and careers have driven growing interest in the study of life courses in the social sciences. While quantitative life course research generally focuses on events, analysed using event history approaches, the field also...
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| description | In recent decades, changes in residential mobility, family structures, education and careers have driven growing interest in the study of life courses in the social sciences. While quantitative life course research generally focuses on events, analysed using event history approaches, the field also aims to understand trajectories as a whole. There are other approaches that allow life courses to be studied holistically, as units of analysis in their own right. Sequence analysis, the most widely used method, is an invaluable addition to the methodological arsenal of quantitative research, and an essential tool for life course analysis in the social sciences. This practical handbook introduces the reader to sequence analysis and shows how it can be used to build typologies of trajectories. It presents the various decisions involved in its implementation, from data coding to choosing the number of clusters in the typology, and reviews the various ways of measuring similarity between trajectories, a crucial component of the architecture of these methods. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1725032026-02-25T19:31:08Z The Statistical Analysis of Trajectories Robette, Nicolas Reeve, Paul Longitudinal analysis Trajectories Event history analysis Typology of trajectories Statistical methodology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBD Population and demography thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBC Social research and statistics thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology In recent decades, changes in residential mobility, family structures, education and careers have driven growing interest in the study of life courses in the social sciences. While quantitative life course research generally focuses on events, analysed using event history approaches, the field also aims to understand trajectories as a whole. There are other approaches that allow life courses to be studied holistically, as units of analysis in their own right. Sequence analysis, the most widely used method, is an invaluable addition to the methodological arsenal of quantitative research, and an essential tool for life course analysis in the social sciences. This practical handbook introduces the reader to sequence analysis and shows how it can be used to build typologies of trajectories. It presents the various decisions involved in its implementation, from data coding to choosing the number of clusters in the typology, and reviews the various ways of measuring similarity between trajectories, a crucial component of the architecture of these methods. 2026-02-25T19:31:07Z 2026-02-25T19:31:07Z 2025 book 9782733280836 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/172503 eng Méthodes et Savoirs image/jpeg n/a https://www.7switch.com/fr/ebook/9782733280836/from/openedition https://books.openedition.org/ined/24255 Ined Éditions 10.4000/153ii 10.4000/153ii cf6aac2e-a514-4969-ab7c-08457734b75f 9782733280836 Paris open access |
| spellingShingle | Longitudinal analysis Trajectories Event history analysis Typology of trajectories Statistical methodology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBD Population and demography thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBC Social research and statistics thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology Robette, Nicolas The Statistical Analysis of Trajectories |
| title | The Statistical Analysis of Trajectories |
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| topic | Longitudinal analysis Trajectories Event history analysis Typology of trajectories Statistical methodology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBD Population and demography thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBC Social research and statistics thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology |
| topic_facet | Longitudinal analysis Trajectories Event history analysis Typology of trajectories Statistical methodology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBD Population and demography thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBC Social research and statistics thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology |
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