Analysis and Modeling of Complex Data in Behavioral and Social Sciences [Paperback]

This volume presents theoretical developments, applications and computational methods for the analysis and modeling in behavioral and social sciences where data are usually complex to explore and investigate. The challenging proposals provide a connection between statistical methodology and the social domain with particular attention to computational issues in order to effectively address complicated data analysis problems.
The papers in this volume stem from contributions initially presented at the joint international meeting JCS-CLADAG held in Anacapri (Italy) where the Japanese Classification Society and the Classification and Data Analysis Group of the Italian Statistical Society had a stimulating scientific discussion and exchange.

Time-frequency Filtering for Seismic Waves Clustering.- Modeling Longitudinal Data by Latent Markov Models with Application to Educational and Psychological Measurement.- Clustering of Stratified Aggregated Data using the Aggregate Association Index: Analysis of New Zealand Voter Turnout (1893 - 1919).- Estimating a Rasch Model via Fuzzy Empirical Probability Functions.- Scale Reliability Evaluation for a-priori Clustered Data.- An Evaluation of Performance of Territorial Services Center (TSC) by a Nonparametric Combination Ranking Method. The IQuEL Italian Project.- A New Index for the Comparison of Different Measurement Scales.- Asymmetries in Organizational Structures.- A Generalized Additive Model for Binary Rare Events Data: an Application to Credit Defaults.- The Meaning of forma in Thomas Aquinas. Hierarchical Clustering from the Index Thomisticus Treebank.- The Estimation of the Parameters in Multi-Criteria Classification Problem: the Case of the Electre Tri Method.- Dynamic Clustering of Financial Assets.- A Comparison of ?metrics for the Assessment of Relational Similarities in Affiliation Networks.- Influence Diagnostics for Meta-Aló&