New Developments in Sequence Analysis

Aassve, A. , F.C. Billari , and R. Piccarreta. (2007). ‘‘Strings of Adulthood: A Sequence Analysis of Young British Women’s Work-family Trajectories .’’ European Journal of Population 23:369-88.

Abbott, A. ( 1983). ‘‘Sequences of Social Events: Concepts and Methods for the Analysis of Order in Social Processes.’’ Historical Methods 16:129-47.

Abbott, A. and J. Forrest ( 1986). ‘‘Optimal Matching Methods for Historical Sequences.’’ Journal of Interdisciplinary History 16:471-94.

Abbott, A. and A. Hrycak ( 1990). ‘‘Measuring Resemblance in Sequence Data. An Optimal Matching Analysis of Musicians’ Careers. ’’ American Journal of Sociology 96:144-85.

Bernard, H.R. ( 2000). Social Research Methods. Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Billari, F.C. and R. Piccarreta ( 2005). ‘‘Analyzing Demographic Life Courses Through Sequence Analysis.’’ Mathematical Population Studies 12:81-106.

Blair-Loy, M. ( 1999). ‘‘Career Patterns of Executive Women in Finance: An Optimal Matching Analysis.’’ American Journal of Sociology 104:1346-97.

Brzinsky-Fay, C. ( 2007). ‘‘Lost in Transition? Labour Market Entry Sequences of School Leavers in Europe.’’ European Sociological Review 23:409-22.

Brzinsky-Fay, C. , U. Kohler , and M. Luniak. (2006). ‘‘Sequence Analysis Using Stata.’’ Stata Journal 6:435-60.

Elzinga, C.H. ( 2003). ‘‘Sequence Similarity. A Nonaligning Technique .’’ Sociological Methods & Research 32:3-29.

Elzinga, C.H. and A.C. Liefbroer ( 2007). ‘‘De-standardization of Family-Life Trajectories of Young Adults: A Cross-National Comparison Using Sequence Analysis. ’’ European Journal of Population 23:225-50.

Gauthier, J.-A. , E.D. Widmer , P. Bucher , and C. Notredame. (2009). ‘‘How Much Does It Cost? Optimization of Costs in Sequence Analysis of Social Science Data.’’ Sociological Methods & Research 38:197-231.

Halpin, B. and T.W. Chan ( 1998). ‘‘Class Careers as Sequences: An Optimal Matching Analysis of Work-Life Histories.’’ European Sociological Review 14:111-30.

Hollister, M. ( 2009). ‘‘Is Optimal Matching Suboptimal?’’ Sociological Methods & Research 38:235-64.

Kruskal, J.B. ( 1983). ‘‘An Overview of Sequence Comparison.’’ Pp. 1-44 in Time Warps, String Edits, and Macromolecules: The Theory and Practice of Sequence Comparison, edited by D. Sankoff and J. B. Kruskal. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley.

Levenshtein, V.I. ( 1966). ‘‘Binary Codes Capable of Correcting Deletion, Insertions and Reversals.’’ Soviet Physics Doklady 10:707-10.

Levine, J.H. ( 2000). ‘‘But What Have You Done for Us Lately? ’’ Sociological Methods & Research 29:34-40.

MacIndoe, H. and A. Abbott ( 2004). ‘‘Sequence Analysis and Optimal Matching Techniques for Social Science Data.’’ Pp. 387-406 in Handbook of Data Analysis, edited by M. Hardy and A. Bryman. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Martin, P. , I. Schoon , and A. Ross. (2008). ‘‘Beyond Transitions: Applying Optimal Matching Analysis to Life Course Research. ’’ International Journal of Social Research Methodology 11:179-99.

McVicar, D. and M. Anyadike-Danes ( 2002). ‘‘Predicting Successful and Unsuccessful Transitions from School to Work by Using Sequence Methods. ’’ Journal of the Royal Statistical Society 165:317-34.

Needleman, S.P. and C.D. Wunsch ( 1970). ‘‘A General Method Applicable to the Search for Similarities in the Amino Acid Sequence of Two Proteins. ’’ Journal of Molecular Biology 48:443-53.

Piccarreta, R. and F.C. Billari ( 2007). ‘‘Clustering Work and Family Trajectories by Using a Divisive Algorithm.’’ Journal of the Royal Statistical Society 170:1061-78.

Pollock, G. ( 2007). ‘‘Holistic Trajectories: A Study of Combined Employment, Housing and Family Careers by Using Multiple-Sequence Analysis .’’ Journal of the Royal Statistical Society 170:167-83.

Pollock, G. , V. Antcliff , and R. Ralphs. (2002). ‘‘Work Orders: Analysing Employment Histories Using Sequence Data.’’ Social Research Methodology 5:90-105.

Scherer, S. ( 2001). ‘‘Early Career Patterns: A Comparison of Great Britain and West Germany.’’ European Sociological Review 17:119-44.

Schoon, I. , A. McCulloch , H.E. Joshi , R.D. Wiggins , and J. Bynner. (2001). ‘‘Transitions From School to Work in a Changing Social Context.’’ Young-Nordic Journal of Youth Research 9:4-22.

Wiggins, R.D. , C. Erzberger , M. Hyde , P. Higgs , and D. Blane. (2007). ‘‘Optimal Matching Analysis Using Ideal Types to Describe the Lifecourse: An Illustration of How Histories of Work, Partnerships and Housing Relate to Quality of Life in Early Old Age .’’ International Journal of Social Research Methodology 10:259-78.

Wu, L.L. ( 2000). ‘‘Some Comments on ‘Sequence Analysis and Optimal Matching Methods in Sociology: Review and Prospect. ’’’ Sociological Methods & Research 29:41-64.