Event History Analysis : Regression for Longitudinal Event Data

by Paul D. Allison

Drawing on recent "event history" analytical methods from biostatistics, engineering, and sociology, this clear and comprehensive monograph explains how longitudinal data can be used to study the causes of deaths, crimes, wars, and many other human events. Allison shows why ordinary multiple regression is not suited to analyze event history data, and demonstrates how innovative regression - like methods can overcome this problem. He then discusses the particular new methods that social scientists should find useful.

88 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1984

Reviews

[May Ling]

Although I can not believe how much this book ended up costing me on a per page basis, despite being used, I must say, it was worth it. It really is a very simple approach to explaining the basics of regression analysis, how you adjust for various problems in a standard approach.

There are so many people who throw these words around and do regression analysis in a manner that results in garbage results. I would highly recommend this book for someone who must do this type of work and wants to make sure that they are considering the basics in their analysis.