Multistate Analysis of Life Histories with R

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Willekens, Frans (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Σειρά: Use R!,
• Θέματα: Statistics.; Epidemiology.; Demography.; Statistics, general.; Statistics and Computing/Statistics Programs.

This book provides an introduction to multistate event history analysis. It is an extension of survival analysis, in which a single terminal event (endpoint) is considered and the time-to-event is studied. Multistate models focus on life histories or trajectories, conceptualized as sequences of stat...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction
• Life Histories: Real and Synthetic
• The Biograph Object
• Exploratory Data Analysis
• Visualization of Event Histories and State Sequences
• Statistical Packages for Multistate Event History Analysis
• The Multistate Life Table
• Application to Netherlands Family and Fertility Survey
• Summary
• Annexes.