Latent Markov models for longitudinal data / Francesco Bartolucci, Alessio Farcomeni, Fulvia Pennoni.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bartolucci, Francesco, author.

Farcomeni, Alessio, author.

Pennoni, Fulvia, author.

Series:

Statistics in the social and behavioral sciences series.

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Markov processes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (253 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton : CRC Press, [2012]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Preface. Latent Markov models represent an important class of latent variable models for the analysis of longitudinal data, when the response variables measure common characteristics of interest which are not directly observable. Typically, the response variables are categorical, even if nothing precludes that they have a different nature. These models find application in many relevant fields, such as educational and health sciences, when the latent characteristics correspond, for instance, to a certain type of ability or to the quality-of-life. Important applications are also in the study of certain human behaviors which are relevant for social and economic research. The main feature that distinguishes latent Markov models from other models for longitudinal data is that the individual characteristics of interest, and their evolution in time, are represented by a latent process which follows a Markov chain. This implies that we are in the field of discrete latent variable models, where the latent variables may assume a finite number of values. Latent Markov models are then strongly related to the latent class model, which is an important tool for classifying a sample of subjects on the basis of a series of categorical response variables. The latter model is based on a discrete latent variable, the different values of which correspond to different subpopulations (named latent classes) having a common distribution about the response variables. The latent Markov model may be seen as an extension of the latent class model in which subjects are allowed to move between the latent classes during the period of observation-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Front Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Chapter 1 - Overview on latent Markov modeling; Chapter 2 - Background on latent variable and Markov chain models; Chapter 3 - Basic latent Markov model; Chapter 4 - Constrained latent Markov models; Chapter 5 - Including individual covariates and relaxing basic model assumptions; Chapter 6 - Including random effects and extension to multilevel data; Chapter 7 - Advanced topics about latent Markov modeling; Chapter 8 - Bayesian latent Markov models; Appendix A - Software; List of Main Symbols; Bibliography; Back Cover

Notes:

"A Chapman & Hall Book."

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-04-006095-1

0-429-10257-7

1-4398-1709-X

1-4665-8371-1

9780429102578

OCLC:

919252448