Pitfalls in pathways: Some perspectives on competing risks event history analysis in education research

Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 413-442

  Scott, Marc A ^a,c   Kennedy, Benjamin B ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competing risks; Event history analysis; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144433279     PISSN: 10769986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/10769986030004413     Document Type: Review

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