Log-Linear Models for Event Histories

Download or read book Log-Linear Models for Event Histories written by Jeroen K. Vermunt and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 1997-05-13 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Event history analysis has been a useful method in the social sciences for studying the processes of social change. However, a main difficulty in using this technique is to observe all relevant explanatory variables without missing any variables. This book presents a general approach to missing data problems in event history analysis which is based on the similarities between log-linear models, hazard models and event history models. It begins with a discussion of log-rate models, modified path models and methods for obtaining maximum likelihood estimates of the parameters of log-linear models. The author then shows how to incorporate variables with missing information in log-linear models - including latent class models, m