Getting Time Right: Using Cox Models and Probabilities to Interpret Binary Panel Data
| العنوان: | Getting Time Right: Using Cox Models and Probabilities to Interpret Binary Panel Data |
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| المؤلفون: | Benjamin T. Jones, Shawna K. Metzger |
| المصدر: | Political Analysis. 30:151-166 |
| بيانات النشر: | Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2021. |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | 021110 strategic, defence & security studies, Sociology and Political Science, Computer science, Proportional hazards model, 05 social sciences, Political Science and International Relations, Statistics, 050602 political science & public administration, 0211 other engineering and technologies, Binary number, 02 engineering and technology, 0506 political science, Panel data |
| الوصف: | Logit and probit (L/P) models are a mainstay of binary time-series cross-sectional (BTSCS) analyses. Researchers include cubic splines or time polynomials to acknowledge the temporal element inherent in these data. However, L/P models cannot easily accommodate three other aspects of the data’s temporality: whether covariate effects are conditional on time, whether the process of interest is causally complex, and whether our functional form assumption regarding time’s effect is correct. Failing to account for any of these issues amounts to misspecification bias, threatening our inferences’ validity. We argue scholars should consider using Cox duration models when analyzing BTSCS data, as they create fewer opportunities for such misspecification bias, while also having the ability to assess the same hypotheses as L/P. We use Monte Carlo simulations to bring new evidence to light showing Cox models perform just as well—and sometimes better—than logit models in a basic BTSCS setting, and perform considerably better in more complex BTSCS situations. In addition, we highlight a new interpretation technique for Cox models—transition probabilities—to make Cox model results more readily interpretable. We use an application from interstate conflict to demonstrate our points. |
| تدمد: | 1476-4989 1047-1987 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::ff0d27e2b8f11cec7d397c0aca9aaa2b https://doi.org/10.1017/pan.2021.14 |
| حقوق: | CLOSED |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi...........ff0d27e2b8f11cec7d397c0aca9aaa2b |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 14764989 10471987 |
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