Σύγκριση μεθόδων

	Sequence Analysis	Social Mobility Table
Πεδίο	Sociology	Sociology
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	1980s–2000 (sociological consolidation)	1927 (concept); 1970s–1980s (modern analysis)
Δημιουργός	Andrew Abbott (introduced to sociology)	Pitirim Sorokin; refined by Hauser, Hout, Featherman
Τύπος	Holistic analysis of categorical state sequences over time	Cross-classification of social origins by destinations
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Abbott, A., & Tsay, A. (2000). Sequence analysis and optimal matching methods in sociology: review and prospect. Sociological Methods & Research, 29(1), 3–33.	Hauser, R. M. (1978). A structural model of the mobility table. Social Forces, 56(3), 919–953.
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	social sequence analysis, life-course sequence analysis, categorical sequence analysis, trajectory analysis	mobility table, intergenerational mobility table, origin-destination table, transition table analysis
Συναφείς	5	5
Σύνοψη	Sequence analysis is a holistic method for studying ordered categorical trajectories — such as month-by-month employment states, family life-course events, or daily activity patterns — by treating each individual's whole sequence as a unit, measuring how dissimilar pairs of sequences are, and grouping them into a typology of characteristic pathways. Introduced to sociology by Andrew Abbott, it shifts attention from isolated transitions to the shape of entire life courses.	A social mobility table is a cross-classification of individuals by their social origin (typically a parent's class or occupation) and their own destination class, forming the empirical foundation of intergenerational mobility research. Analyzing it separates how much people move between classes, distinguishes movement forced by changing class sizes from genuine exchange, and isolates the underlying origin–destination association that measures the openness of a society.