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Sequence Analysis: New Methods for Old Ideas
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A wide variety of work in social science concerns sequences of events or phenomena. This essay reviews concepts of sequence and methods for analyzing sequences. After a brief definitional discussion, I consider sequence literatures from various areas. I then discuss recent methodologies for sequence analysis. I review stepwise approaches like Markovian and event history analysis as well as whole sequence approaches resting on new developments in biology and other fields.
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- Authors
- Abbott, A.
- Venue
- Annual Review of Sociology
- Publisher
- Annual Reviews
- Published
- 1995-08
- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 93-113
- ISSN
- 0360-0572 (ISSN-L)
- 1545-2115
- OpenAlex
- W2170310928
- Cited by
- 1,053
- References
- 3
- FWCI
- 18.16
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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