Nonparametric and Partially Parametric Approaches to Event-History Analysis

I have benefited greatly from discussions with Gary Chamberlain and other participants in the Longitudinal Data Analysis Workshop, sponsored by the National Opinion Research Center, 31 July-12 August 1979. James S. Coleman, Michael T. Hannan, Camille Marder, Burton Singer, Louise Smith-Donals, Larry Wu, and an anonymous referee made helpful comments on an earlier draft. The research on Monte Carlo experiments was done in collaboration with Glenn R. Carroll, Michael T. Hannan, and Barbara Warsavage; it was supported by the National Institute of Education under grant number NIE-G-76-0082. Preparation of the other portions of this chapter was supported by the National Science Foundation under grant number NSFSOC-78-123 15. This chapter contains excerpts from Social Dynamics: Models and Methods, coauthored by Michael T. Hannan.