Discrepancy Analysis of State Sequences
This reference note points to the article that underpins Sequenzo's discrepancy-analysis module.
Citation
Studer, M., Ritschard, G., Gabadinho, A., & Müller, N. S. (2011). Discrepancy analysis of state sequences. Sociological Methods & Research, 40(3), 471-510. https://doi.org/10.1177/0049124111415372
Why This Paper Matters for Sequenzo
Studer, Ritschard, Gabadinho, and Müller define a distance-based framework for testing how covariates explain variation among state sequences. Their work connects pairwise dissimilarity matrices with pseudo-R2 summaries, permutation tests, group comparison, time-window analysis, and sequence regression trees.
Sequenzo's discrepancy-analysis pages translate this framework into Python functions for single-factor association, multifactor association, permutation inference, local group differences, and distance-based trees.