get_number_of_transitions()

Counts transitions (state changes) for each sequence.

Function

from sequenzo import get_number_of_transitions
result = get_number_of_transitions(seqdata, norm=False, pwight=False)

Parameters

• seqdata: SequenceData object.
• norm: normalize by sequence length minus one.
• pwight: apply probability-based transition weighting.

Returns

DataFrame with transition counts (or normalized/weighted values).

TraMineR Mapping

• Equivalent TraMineR function: seqtransn.

Author

Code and documentation: Yuqi Liang

References

Ritschard, G. (2023), "Measuring the nature of individual sequences", Sociological Methods and Research, 52(4), 2016-2049. doi:10.1177/00491241211036156.