Une Méthode D'analyse des Sequences

A Sequence Analysis Method. Data that can be expressed as successive states - temporal or not -- of variable length, depending on the subjects, can be described as "sequences". The analysis of such entities should allow for their automatlc classification in categories as homogeneous as pos...

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Published in:Bulletin de méthodologie sociologique 2000-01, Vol.65 (1), p.33-57
Main Author: Dubus, Alain
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:A Sequence Analysis Method. Data that can be expressed as successive states - temporal or not -- of variable length, depending on the subjects, can be described as "sequences". The analysis of such entities should allow for their automatlc classification in categories as homogeneous as possible, but also the most differentiated possible, while allowing for their interpretation via an ideal-type characterization of the categories. Secondly, such an analysis should allow for differentiated weightings of the states and their separations to avoid the null hypothesis of semantic equivalence of all states and all separations. A mathematical model of accumulated density matrices, integrated into a software program, permits us to attain these objectives slmultaneously and, moreover, results in a method of colored graphic representation of categories of sequences. The data used in this example come from research on the professional trajectories of 520 continuing-education teachers which used an earlier version of this method.
ISSN:0759-1063
2070-2779
DOI:10.1177/075910630006500105