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Wolfgang Ludwig-Mayerhofer wrote a short introduction to TDA emphasizing event history applications.
Title Page and Table of Contents | 01.12.99 | d00.zip | ||||
Introduction | 01.12.99 | d01.zip | ||||
Preface | 01.12.99 | d0101.zip | ||||
Documentation | 01.12.99 | d0102.zip | ||||
Installation | 01.12.99 | d0103.zip | ||||
How to Use the Program | 01.12.99 | d0104.zip | ||||
Exmple Archive | 01.12.99 | d0105.zip | ||||
Errors and Error Messages | 01.12.99 | d0106.zip | ||||
Some General Commands | 01.12.99 | d0107.zip | ||||
Command Flow Control | 01.12.99 | d0108.zip | ||||
Programming Repetitions | 01.12.99 | d0109.zip | ||||
User-defined Macros | 01.12.99 | d0110.zip | ||||
Data Handling | 01.12.99 | d02.zip | ||||
Variables | 01.12.99 | d0201.zip | ||||
Creating New Variables | 01.12.99 | d0202.zip | ||||
Removing Variables | 01.12.99 | d0203.zip | ||||
Recoding Variables | 01.12.99 | d0204.zip | ||||
Dummy Variables | 01.12.99 | d0205.zip | ||||
String Variables | 01.12.99 | d0206.zip | ||||
Namelists | 01.12.99 | d0207.zip | ||||
Temporary Case Selection | 01.12.99 | d0208.zip | ||||
Writing Data Files | 01.12.99 | d0209.zip | ||||
Data Archives | 01.12.99 | d0210.zip | ||||
Creating Data Archives | 01.12.99 | d021001.zip | ||||
Variable Description Files | 01.12.99 | d021002.zip | ||||
Archive Description Files | 01.12.99 | d021003.zip | ||||
Data Archive Commands | 01.12.99 | d021004.zip | ||||
Special Format Data Files | 01.12.99 | d0211.zip | ||||
TDA System Files | 01.12.99 | d021101.zip | ||||
SPSS Files | 01.12.99 | d021102.zip | ||||
SPSS Portable Files | 01.12.99 | d02110201.zip | ||||
SPSS Sav Files | 01.12.99 | d02110202.zip | ||||
Stata Files | 01.12.99 | d021103.zip | ||||
Data File Utilities | 01.12.99 | d0212.zip | ||||
Characters in a File | 01.12.99 | d021201.zip | ||||
Records in a File | 01.12.99 | d021202.zip | ||||
Binary Contents of a File | 01.12.99 | d021203.zip | ||||
Splitting Files into Parts | 01.12.99 | d021204.zip | ||||
External Sorting | 01.12.99 | d021205.zip | ||||
External Merging | 01.12.99 | d021206.zip | ||||
Selection of Records | 01.12.99 | d021207.zip | ||||
Dropping Selected Columns | 01.12.99 | d021208.zip | ||||
Data Structures | 01.12.99 | d03.zip | ||||
Cross-sectional Data | 01.12.99 | d0301.zip | ||||
Panel Data | 01.12.99 | d0302.zip | ||||
Episode Data | 01.12.99 | d0303.zip | ||||
Episode Data Concepts | 01.12.99 | d030301.zip | ||||
Defining Episode Data | 01.12.99 | d030302.zip | ||||
An Example Data Set | 01.12.99 | d030303.zip | ||||
Writing Episode Data | 01.12.99 | d030304.zip | ||||
Merging Episode Data | 01.12.99 | d030305.zip | ||||
Sequence Data | 01.12.99 | d0304.zip | ||||
Sequence Data Concepts | 01.12.99 | d030401.zip | ||||
Defining Sequence Data | 01.12.99 | d030402.zip | ||||
Writing Sequence Data | 01.12.99 | d030403.zip | ||||
Deriving Sequences from Episodes | 01.12.99 | d030404.zip | ||||
State Indicator Matrices | 01.12.99 | d030405.zip | ||||
Random Sequences | 01.12.99 | d030406.zip | ||||
Graphs and Relations | 01.12.99 | d0306.zip | ||||
Terminology | 01.12.99 | d030601.zip | ||||
Graph Data Structures | 01.12.99 | d030602.zip | ||||
Creating Relational Data | 01.12.99 | d030603.zip | ||||
Simple Test Data | 01.12.99 | d03060301.zip | ||||
Relational Data Files | 01.12.99 | d030604.zip | ||||
Writing Relational Data Files | 01.12.99 | d03060401.zip | ||||
Creating Adjacency Matrices | 01.12.99 | d03060402.zip | ||||
Plotting Graphs | 01.12.99 | d030605.zip | ||||
Trees | 01.12.99 | d030606.zip | ||||
PostScript Plots | 01.12.99 | d04.zip | ||||
Preparing the Plot Environment | 01.12.99 | d0401.zip | ||||
Plotting the Coordinate System | 01.12.99 | d0402.zip | ||||
Combining Plot Files | 01.12.99 | d0403.zip | ||||
Plot Objects | 01.12.99 | d0404.zip | ||||
Polygons and Scatterplots | 29.05.02 | d040401.zip | ||||
Line Types and Marker Symbols | 01.12.99 | d040402.zip | ||||
Plotting Text | 01.12.99 | d040403.zip | ||||
Rectangles | 01.12.99 | d040404.zip | ||||
Step Functions | 01.12.99 | d040405.zip | ||||
General Functions | 01.12.99 | d040406.zip | ||||
Arrows | 01.12.99 | d040407.zip | ||||
Circles, Arcs, Ellipses | 01.12.99 | d040408.zip | ||||
Convex Hull | 01.12.99 | d040409.zip | ||||
Smoothing Polygons | 01.12.99 | d040410.zip | ||||
Contour Plots | 01.12.99 | d040411.zip | ||||
Built-in Previewer | 01.12.99 | d0405.zip | ||||
Ready-made Plot Commands | 01.12.99 | d0406.zip | ||||
3D Coordinate Systems | 29.05.02 | d0407.zip | ||||
Coordinates and Projections | 29.05.02 | d040701.zip | ||||
The plot3 and plotp3 Commands | 29.05.99 | d040702.zip | ||||
Plotting Text | 29.05.99 | d040703.zip | ||||
Parametric Curves | 29.05.99 | d040704.zip | ||||
Parametric Surfaces | 29.05.02 | d040705.zip | ||||
Arbitrarily Distributes Points | 29.05.99 | d040706.zip | ||||
Mathematical Procedures | 01.12.99 | d05.zip | ||||
Working with Matrices | 01.12.99 | d0501.zip | ||||
Introduction and Overview | 23.12.02 | d050101.zip | ||||
Matrices | 15.12.02 | d050102.zip | ||||
Matrix Expressions | 15.12.02 | d050103.zip | ||||
Matrix Commands | 01.12.99 | d050104.zip | ||||
Elementary Matrix Commands | 23.12.02 | d05010401.zip | ||||
Sorting and Ranking | 01.12.99 | d05010402.zip | ||||
Standardization and Scaling | 15.12.02 | d05010403.zip | ||||
Matrix Norms | 01.12.99 | d05010404.zip | ||||
Inverse Matrices | 01.12.99 | d05010405.zip | ||||
Cholesky Decomposition | 01.12.99 | d05010406.zip | ||||
Least Squares Regression | 01.12.99 | d05010407.zip | ||||
Linear Equations | 15.12.02 | d05010408.zip | ||||
Linear Inequalities | 01.12.99 | d05010409.zip | ||||
Regression with Constraints | 01.12.99 | d05010410.zip | ||||
Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors | 22.12.02 | d05010411.zip | ||||
Singular Value Decomposition | 01.12.99 | d05010412.zip | ||||
Linear Programming | 01.12.99 | d05010413.zip | ||||
Some Further Commands | 22.12.02 | d05010414.zip | ||||
Expressions | 01.12.99 | d0502.zip | ||||
Introduction | 01.12.99 | d050201.zip | ||||
Evaluating Expressios | 01.12.99 | d050202.zip | ||||
Numerical Constants | 01.12.99 | d050203.zip | ||||
Random Numbers | 01.12.99 | d050204.zip | ||||
Type 1 Operators | 01.12.99 | d050205.zip | ||||
General Type 1 Operators | 19.12.99 | d05020501.zip | ||||
Arithmetical Operators | 01.12.99 | d05020502.zip | ||||
Mathematical Operators | 01.12.99 | d05020503.zip | ||||
Logical Operators | 01.12.99 | d05020504.zip | ||||
Dummy Variables | 01.12.99 | d05020505.zip | ||||
Density Functions | 01.12.99 | d05020506.zip | ||||
Distribution Functions | 01.12.99 | d05020507.zip | ||||
Julian Calendar | 01.12.99 | d05020508.zip | ||||
String Variables | 19.12.99 | d05020509.zip | ||||
Type 2 Operators | 01.12.99 | d050206.zip | ||||
General Type 2 Operators | 29.05.02 | d05020601.zip | ||||
Recode Operators | 01.12.99 | d05020602.zip | ||||
Leads and Lags | 01.12.99 | d05020603.zip | ||||
Sorting and Ranking | 01.12.99 | d05020604.zip | ||||
Counting Subsets | 01.12.99 | d05020605.zip | ||||
Counting Changes | 01.12.99 | d05020606.zip | ||||
Aggregates | 01.12.99 | d05020607.zip | ||||
String Variables | 01.12.99 | d05020608.zip | ||||
Block Mode Operators | 01.12.99 | d050207.zip | ||||
Operators for Episode Data | 01.12.99 | d050208.zip | ||||
Operators for Sequence Data | 01.12.99 | d050209.zip | ||||
Functions | 01.12.99 | d0503.zip | ||||
Syntax for Functions | 01.12.99 | d050301.zip | ||||
Automatic Differentiation | 01.12.99 | d050302.zip | ||||
Evaluating Functions | 01.12.99 | d050303.zip | ||||
Numerical Integration | 01.12.99 | d0504.zip | ||||
Commands for Integration | 01.12.99 | d050401.zip | ||||
Operators for Integration | 01.12.99 | d050402.zip | ||||
Smoothing Procedures | 01.12.99 | d0505.zip | ||||
Moving Averages | 01.12.99 | d050501.zip | ||||
Running Median Smoothers | 01.12.99 | d050502.zip | ||||
Smoothing Splines | 01.12.99 | d050503.zip | ||||
Function Minimization | 01.12.99 | d0506.zip | ||||
The fmin Command | 01.12.99 | d050601.zip | ||||
Minimization Algorithms | 01.12.99 | d050602.zip | ||||
Protocol File | 01.12.99 | d050603.zip | ||||
Starting Values | 01.12.99 | d050604.zip | ||||
Covariance Matrix | 01.12.99 | d050605.zip | ||||
Constraints | 01.12.99 | d050606.zip | ||||
Possible Difficulties | 01.12.99 | d050607.zip | ||||
Statistical Procedures | 01.12.99 | d06.zip | ||||
Introduction | 01.12.99 | d0601.zip | ||||
Missing Values | 01.12.99 | d060101.zip | ||||
Case Weights | 01.12.99 | d060102.zip | ||||
Elementary Descriptive Procedures | 01.12.99 | d0602.zip | ||||
Mean and Range of Variables | 01.12.99 | d060201.zip | ||||
Empirical Distribution Functions | 01.12.99 | d060202.zip | ||||
Quantiles | 12.12.01 | d060203.zip | ||||
Frequency Tables | 01.12.99 | d060204.zip | ||||
Aggregated Tables | 01.12.99 | d060205.zip | ||||
Covariance and Correlation | 01.12.99 | d060206.zip | ||||
Contingency Measures | 01.12.99 | d060207.zip | ||||
Scatterplots | 01.12.99 | d060208.zip | ||||
Histogram Plots | 01.12.99 | d060209.zip | ||||
Density Plots | 01.12.99 | d060210.zip | ||||
Concentration and Inequality | 01.12.99 | d0604.zip | ||||
Inequality Measures | 01.12.99 | d060402.zip | ||||
Segregation Indices | 01.12.99 | d060403.zip | ||||
Describing Episode Data | 01.12.99 | d0605.zip | ||||
Life Tables | 01.12.99 | d060501.zip | ||||
Kaplan-Meier Procedure | 01.12.99 | d060502.zip | ||||
Survivor Function Quantiles | 01.12.99 | d060503.zip | ||||
Comparing Survivor Functions | 01.12.99 | d060504.zip | ||||
State Distributions | 01.12.99 | d060505.zip | ||||
Describing Sequence Data | 01.12.99 | d0606.zip | ||||
Sequence Lengths and Gaps | 01.12.99 | d060601.zip | ||||
General Characteristics | 01.12.99 | d060602.zip | ||||
State Distributions | 01.12.99 | d060603.zip | ||||
Pattern Matching | 01.12.99 | d060604.zip | ||||
Investigating Proximities | 01.12.99 | d0607.zip | ||||
Sequence Proximity Measures | 01.12.99 | d060702.zip | ||||
Optimal Matching | 01.12.99 | d06070201.zip | ||||
The seqm Command | 01.12.99 | d06070202.zip | ||||
Examples | 01.12.99 | d06070203.zip | ||||
Consecutive indel Operations | 01.12.99 | d06070204.zip | ||||
Data-based Substitution Costs | 01.12.99 | d06070205.zip | ||||
Working with Large Samples | 01.12.99 | d06070206.zip | ||||
Comparing Parallel Sequences | 01.12.99 | d06070207.zip | ||||
Least Squares Regression | 01.12.99 | d0609.zip | ||||
The lsreg Command | 01.12.99 | d060901.zip | ||||
Residuals | 01.12.99 | d06090101.zip | ||||
Constraints | 01.12.99 | d06090102.zip | ||||
Dummy Variables | 01.12.99 | d06090103.zip | ||||
Regression with Censored Data | 01.12.99 | d060902.zip | ||||
Alternative Regression Methods | 01.12.99 | d0610.zip | ||||
L1-norm Regression | 01.12.99 | d061001.zip | ||||
Nonparametric Regression | 01.12.99 | d061002.zip | ||||
Maximum Likelihood Estimation | 01.12.99 | d0611.zip | ||||
Introduction | 01.12.99 | d061101.zip | ||||
The fml Command | 01.12.99 | d061102.zip | ||||
Quantal Response Models | 01.12.99 | d0612.zip | ||||
The qreg Command | 01.12.99 | d061201.zip | ||||
Binary Logit and Probit | 01.12.99 | d061202.zip | ||||
Grouped Data | 01.12.99 | d06120201.zip | ||||
Ordinal Logit and Probit | 01.12.99 | d061203.zip | ||||
Multinomial Logit | 01.12.99 | d061204.zip | ||||
Multivariate Probit | 01.12.99 | d061205.zip | ||||
Models for Count Data | 01.12.99 | d0614.zip | ||||
Poisson Regression | 01.12.99 | d061401.zip | ||||
Compound Poisson Models | 01.12.99 | d061402.zip | ||||
Generalized Linear Models | 14.02.05 | d0615.zip | ||||
Estimation Approach | 14.02.05 | d061501.zip | ||||
The glm command | 14.02.05 | d061502.zip | ||||
Normal distribution | 14.02.05 | d06150201.zip | ||||
Binomial distribution | 14.02.05 | d06150202.zip | ||||
Poisson distribution | 14.02.05 | d06150203.zip | ||||
Gamma distribution | 14.02.05 | d06150204.zip | ||||
Inverse gaussian distribution | 14.02.05 | d06150205.zip | ||||
Nonlinear Regression | 01.12.99 | d0616.zip | ||||
The freg Command | 01.12.99 | d061601.zip | ||||
Transition Rate Models | 01.12.99 | d0617.zip | ||||
Introduction | 01.12.99 | d061701.zip | ||||
Parametric Models | 01.12.99 | d06170101.zip | ||||
Estimation | 01.12.99 | d06170102.zip | ||||
Time-varying Covariates | 01.12.99 | d06170103.zip | ||||
The rate Command | 01.12.99 | d06170104.zip | ||||
Relative Risks | 01.12.99 | d06170105.zip | ||||
Generalized Residuals | 01.12.99 | d06170106.zip | ||||
Exponential Models | 01.12.99 | d061702.zip | ||||
Basic Exponential Model | 01.12.99 | d06170201.zip | ||||
Models with Time Periods | 01.12.99 | d06170202.zip | ||||
Period-specific Effects | 01.12.99 | d06170203.zip | ||||
Parametric Duration Dependence | 01.12.99 | d061703.zip | ||||
Polynomial Rates | 01.12.99 | d06170301.zip | ||||
Gompertz-Makeham Models | 01.12.99 | d06170302.zip | ||||
Weibull Models | 01.12.99 | d06170303.zip | ||||
Sickle Models | 01.12.99 | d06170304.zip | ||||
Log-logistic Models | 01.12.99 | d06170305.zip | ||||
Log-normal Models | 01.12.99 | d06170306.zip | ||||
Generalized Gamma Models | 01.12.99 | d06170307.zip | ||||
Inverse Gaussian Models | 01.12.99 | d06170308.zip | ||||
Mixture Models | 01.12.99 | d061704.zip | ||||
Gamma Mixture Models | 01.12.99 | d06170401.zip | ||||
User-defined Models | 01.12.99 | d061705.zip | ||||
The frml Command | 01.12.99 | d06170501.zip | ||||
The Hernes Model | 01.12.99 | d06170502.zip | ||||
The Coale-McNeil Model | 01.12.99 | d06170503.zip | ||||
Models with Several Domains | 01.12.99 | d06170504.zip | ||||
Discrete Time Rate Models | 01.12.99 | d061706.zip | ||||
Introduction | 01.12.99 | d06170601.zip | ||||
Logistic Regression Models | 01.12.99 | d06170602.zip | ||||
Complementary log-log Models | 01.12.99 | d06170603.zip | ||||
Semi-parametric Rate models | 01.12.99 | d061707.zip | ||||
Partial Likelihood | 01.12.99 | d06170701.zip | ||||
Time-dependent Covariates | 01.12.99 | d06170702.zip | ||||
Episode Splitting | 01.12.99 | d06170703.zip | ||||
Proportionality Assumption | 01.12.99 | d06170704.zip | ||||
Stratification | 01.12.99 | d06170705.zip | ||||
Baseline Rate | 01.12.99 | d06170706.zip | ||||
Regression Models for Events | 01.12.99 | d0618.zip | ||||
A simple Modeling Approach | 01.12.99 | d061801.zip | ||||
Investigating Events | 01.12.99 | d061802.zip | ||||
Data Generation | 01.12.99 | d061803.zip | ||||
Loglinear Models | 01.12.99 | d0619.zip | ||||
Contingency Tables | 01.12.99 | d061901.zip | ||||
Loglinear Models | 01.12.99 | d061902.zip | ||||
Relational Data | 01.12.99 | d07.zip | ||||
Introduction and Overview | 01.12.99 | d0701.zip | ||||
General Graph Algorithms | 01.12.99 | d0702.zip | ||||
Direct Links | 01.12.99 | d070201.zip | ||||
Degree of Nodes | 01.12.99 | d07020101.zip | ||||
Direct Links | 01.12.99 | d07020102.zip | ||||
Partial Orders | 01.12.99 | d070202.zip | ||||
Topological Sorting | 01.12.99 | d07020201.zip | ||||
Connectivity | 01.12.99 | d070203.zip | ||||
Connected Components | 01.12.99 | d07020301.zip | ||||
Reachable Nodes in Directed Graphs | 01.12.99 | d07020302.zip | ||||
Cut Nodes and Blocks | 01.12.99 | d07020303.zip | ||||
Paths | 01.12.99 | d070204.zip | ||||
Enumeration of Paths | 01.12.99 | d07020401.zip | ||||
All Shortest Paths | 01.12.99 | d07020402.zip | ||||
Transitive Closure | 01.12.99 | d07020403.zip | ||||
Spanning Trees | 01.12.99 | d070205.zip | ||||
Depth-first Spanning Trees | 01.12.99 | d07020501.zip | ||||
Minimum Spanning Trees | 01.12.99 | d07020502.zip | ||||
Enumeration of Spanning Trees | 01.12.99 | d07020503.zip | ||||
Cycles | 01.12.99 | d070206.zip | ||||
Fundamental Set of Cycles | 01.12.99 | d07020601.zip | ||||
Enumeration of Cycles | 01.12.99 | d07020602.zip | ||||
Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors | 01.12.99 | d070207.zip | ||||
Flows | 01.12.99 | d070208.zip | ||||
Maximal Flows | 01.12.99 | d07020801.zip | ||||
Subgroups | 01.12.99 | d070209.zip | ||||
Cliques | 01.12.99 | d07020901.zip | ||||
Compact Sets | 01.12.99 | d07020902.zip | ||||
Independent Sets | 01.12.99 | d07020903.zip | ||||
Combinatorial Optimization | 01.12.99 | d0703.zip | ||||
Assignment Problems | 01.12.99 | d070301.zip | ||||
Column Permutations | 01.12.99 | d07030101.zip | ||||
Quadratic Assignment | 01.12.99 | d07030102.zip | ||||
Representation of Proximities | 01.12.99 | d0704.zip | ||||
Spectrum-based Projections | 01.12.99 | d070402.zip | ||||
Projection of Proximities | 01.12.99 | d07040201.zip | ||||
Spectrum-based Configurations | 01.12.99 | d07040202.zip | ||||
Comparing Configurations | 01.12.99 | d070404.zip | ||||
Procrustes Rotation | 01.12.99 | d07040401.zip | ||||
Tree Representations | 01.12.99 | d070405.zip | ||||
Hierarchical Trees | 01.12.99 | d07040501.zip | ||||
Clustering Procedures | 01.12.99 | d0705.zip | ||||
Hierarchical Agglomerative Clustering | 01.12.99 | d070501.zip | ||||
SAHN Algorithms | 01.12.99 | d07050101.zip | ||||
Nearest-Neighbor Clustering | 01.12.99 | d07050102.zip | ||||
Hierarchical divisive Clustering | 01.12.99 | d070502.zip | ||||
Maximal Different Cluster Centers | 01.12.99 | d07050201.zip | ||||
Partition with Minimal Diameter | 01.12.99 | d07050202.zip | ||||
Non-Hierarchical Clustering | 01.12.99 | d070503.zip | ||||
The Bond Energy Approach | 01.12.99 | d07050301.zip | ||||
Social Network Analysis | 01.12.99 | d0706.zip | ||||
Characterizing Nodes | 01.12.99 | d070601.zip | ||||
Direct and Indirect Control | 01.12.99 | d07060101.zip | ||||
Integrated Ownership | 01.12.99 | d07060102.zip | ||||
Measures of Flow Control | 01.12.99 | d07060103.zip | ||||
Structural Similarity | 01.12.99 | d070602.zip | ||||
Set-valued Data | 01.12.99 | d08.zip | ||||
Introduction and Overview | 01.12.99 | d0801.zip | ||||
Interval Expressions | 01.12.99 | d0802.zip | ||||
Definition of Interval Expressions | 01.12.99 | d080201.zip | ||||
Evaluation of Interval Expressions | 01.12.99 | d080202.zip | ||||
Functions with Interval Arguments | 01.12.99 | d0803.zip | ||||
Definition of Interval Functions | 01.12.99 | d080301.zip | ||||
Evaluation of Inclusion Functions | 01.12.99 | d080302.zip | ||||
Range of Interval Functions | 01.12.99 | d0804.zip | ||||
The gmin Command | 01.12.99 | d080401.zip | ||||
The range Command | 01.12.99 | d080402.zip | ||||
Distribution Functions | 01.12.99 | d0805.zip | ||||
Set-valued Discrete Variables | 01.12.99 | d080501.zip | ||||
Interval-valued Variables | 01.12.99 | d080502.zip | ||||
Descriptive Statistics | 01.12.99 | d0806.zip | ||||
Mean Values | 01.12.99 | d080601.zip | ||||
Variances | 01.12.99 | d080602.zip | ||||
References | 01.12.99 | dref.zip | ||||
Index | 01.12.99 | didx.zip |