Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface; CHAPTER 1 Event History and Social Science; CHAPTER 2 The Logic of Event History Analysis; CHAPTER 3 Parametric Models for Single-Spell Duration Data; CHAPTER 4 The Cox Proportional Hazards Model; CHAPTER 5 Models for Discrete Data; CHAPTER 6 Issues in Model Selection; CHAPTER 7 Inclusion of Time-Varying Covariates; CHAPTER 8 Diagnostic Methods for the Event History Model; CHAPTER 9 Some Modeling Strategies for Unobserved Heterogeneity; CHAPTER 10 Models for Multiple Events
Summary
This book provides a guide to event history analysis for researchers and advanced students in the social sciences. The authors explain the foundational principles of event-history analysis, and analyse numerous examples. They also discuss common problems encountered with time-to-event data, along with suggestions for implementing duration modeling methods
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-211) and index