Latent Markov Models for Longitudinal Data

Chapman & Hall/CRC Statistics in the Social and Behavioral Sciences

by Francesco Bartolucci, Alessio Farcomeni, Fulvia Pennoni

Drawing on the authors' extensive research in the analysis of categorical longitudinal data, this book focuses on the formulation of latent Markov models and the practical use of these models. It demonstrates how to use the models in three types of analysis, with numerous examples illustrating how latent Markov models are used in economics, education, sociology, and other fields. The R and MATLAB routines used for the examples are available on the authors' website.

252 pages, ebook

First published September 6, 2012