Visualizing Lives: New Pathways for Analyzing Life Course Trajectories

The goal of statistical analysis is to find patterns in data. Most statistical methods rely on analyzing the effect of the same set of variables on the population under study, i.e., nomothetic analysis. Therefore, when data are collected in the social sciences, most often they are put in a framework...

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Authors: Maltz, Michael D. (Author) ; Mullany, Jacqueline M. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2000
In: Journal of quantitative criminology
Year: 2000, Volume: 16, Issue: 2, Pages: 255-281
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