Validating corruption risk measures: a key step to monitoring SDG progress

M Gnaldi, S Del Sarto - Social Indicators Research, 2024 - Springer
The Agenda 2030 recognises corruption as a major obstacle to sustainable development
and integrates its reduction among SDG targets, in view of developing peaceful, just and …

Assessing measurement invariance for longitudinal data through latent Markov models

R Di Mari, F Dotto, A Farcomeni… - … Equation Modeling: A …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
We propose a general approach to detect measurement non-invariance in latent Markov
models for longitudinal data. We define different notions of differential item functioning in the …

Multilevel hidden Markov models for behavioral data: A Hawk-and-Dove experiment

A Maruotti, M Fabbri, M Rizzolli - Multivariate Behavioral Research, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Motivated by the analysis of behavioral data taken from an economic experiment based on
the Hawk-and-Dove game, this article describes a multilevel hidden Markov model, that …

Performance evaluation of nursing homes using finite mixtures of logistic models and M-quantile regression for binary data

G De Novellis, M Doretti, GE Montanari… - Statistical Methods & …, 2024 - Springer
Evaluating the performance of health care institutions is of paramount interest and it is often
conducted using generalized linear mixed models. In this paper, we focus on the evaluation …

Cooperation sustainability in small groups: Exogenous and endogenous dynamics of the sustainability of cooperation

ZM Kirgil, R Wittek - Rationality and Society, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Cooperation sustainability presents a complex social phenomenon. Two common
approaches have been used to study the sustainability of cooperation in small groups …

Spare time use: profiles of Italian Millennials (beyond the media hype)

S Del Sarto, M Gnaldi - Statistical Methods & Applications, 2022 - Springer
This paper focuses on a particular population segment, that of Millennials, which has
attracted much attention over recent years. Beyond the media hype, little is known about the …

Model-based two-way clustering of second-level units in ordinal multilevel latent Markov models

GE Montanari, M Doretti, MF Marino - Advances in Data Analysis and …, 2022 - Springer
In this paper, an ordinal multilevel latent Markov model based on separate random effects is
proposed. In detail, two distinct second-level discrete effects are considered in the model …

Estimating random effects in a finite Markov chain with absorbing states: Application to cognitive data

P Wang, EL Abner, C Liu, DW Fardo… - Statistica …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Finite Markov chains with absorbing states are popular tools for analyzing longitudinal data
with categorical responses. The one step transition probabilities can be defined in terms of …

Ranking nursing homes' performances through a latent Markov model with fixed and random effects

GE Montanari, M Doretti - Social Indicators Research, 2019 - Springer
In this paper, we aim at ranking a set of nursing homes based on their ability in maintaining
their residents' physical conditions as good as possible. In this respect, we propose a …

[PDF][PDF] Cooperation sustainability in small groups

ZM Kirgil, R Wittek - 2023 - pure.uvt.nl
Cooperation sustainability presents a complex social phenomenon. Two common
approaches have been used to study the sustainability of cooperation in small groups …