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Measuring the Agreement between Sequences

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  • WIL DIJKSTRA

    (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

  • TOON TARIS

    (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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The present article proposes a new method to assess distances between sequences of states, belonging to, for instance, event histories. It is based on the number of moves needed to turn one sequence into another sequence. This number of moves is standardized by relating it to the number of moves needed to turn the sequence into its reverse. Weighting it in different manners by the number of common elements in both sequences yields three different agreement measures, suited for different kinds of research questions. Life history data from 494 young adults show that applying our agreement measure to these data can yield insight in interesting relationships, otherwise not readily obtained.

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  • Wil Dijkstra & Toon Taris, 1995. "Measuring the Agreement between Sequences," Sociological Methods & Research, , vol. 24(2), pages 214-231, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:somere:v:24:y:1995:i:2:p:214-231
    DOI: 10.1177/0049124195024002004
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    1. Toon Taris & Inge Bok, 1994. "Unfolding event histories: Scaling of non-repeating events," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 28(3), pages 267-282, August.
    2. Andrew Abbott, 1990. "A Primer on Sequence Methods," Organization Science, INFORMS, vol. 1(4), pages 375-392, November.
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