get_state_freq_and_entropy_per_seq()

Computes per-sequence state frequencies and entropy.

Function

from sequenzo import get_state_freq_and_entropy_per_seq
result = get_state_freq_and_entropy_per_seq(seqdata, prop=False)

Parameters

• seqdata: SequenceData object.
• prop: return state proportions instead of counts.

Returns

DataFrame with state columns and sequence-level entropy.

TraMineR Mapping

• Equivalent TraMineR function: seqistatd.

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.