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10 - Models for Multiple Events

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 September 2012

Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier
Affiliation:
Ohio State University
Bradford S. Jones
Affiliation:
University of Arizona
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The models discussed to this point have all involved so-called “single-state” processes, or equivalently, one-way transition models. In such models, there is a singular event of interest and once the event is experienced—or once an observation fails—the observation leaves the risk set and is assumed to be no longer at risk of returning to the previously occupied state. Concomitantly, in a single-state process, we assume that an observation is only at risk of experiencing a single event; that is, the observation is not at risk of making a transition to another state. Is this a reasonable assumption? Often it is not, and, at a minimum, it is an assumption that should be tested. In this chapter, we consider some models that account for repeatable events.

Additionally, in previous applications, we did not attempt to account for the different kinds of events that could occur. Some research problems, however, may lead one to consider how observations are at risk of experiencing one of several kinds of events. Problems of this kind are sometimes referred to as multi-state processes or competing risks processes because survival times may terminate in a variety of substantively interesting ways. In this chapter, we consider event history approaches to deal with the issue of competing risks.

The issues of repeatable events and competing risks serve to highlight the greater concern of this chapter: how does one employ event history models in the face of complicated social processes?

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Event History Modeling
A Guide for Social Scientists
, pp. 155 - 182
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2004

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