Latent Class Analysis

First Edition

Allan L. McCutcheon

Volume: 64

Series:
Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences

May 1987 | 96 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc

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This important method provides researchers with a powerful and flexible new technique for analyzing the structure of relationships among categorically scored variables. Frequently described as a "categorical data analogue to factor analysis", the method enables researchers to explore the suitability of combining two or more categorical variables into typologies or scales.

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Introduction

The Logic of Latent Variables

Latent Class Analysis

Estimating Latent Categorical Variables

Analyzing Scale Response Patterns

Comparing Latent Structures Among Groups

Conclusions

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