Latent class analysis with sampling weights: A maximum-likelihood approach

Sociological Methods and Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 87-111

  Vermunt, Jeroen K ^a   Magidson, Jay ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Statistical Innovations Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex sampling; EM algorithm; Latent class analysis; Log linear analysis; Mixture model

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547157517     PISSN: 00491241     EISSN: 15528294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0049124107301965     Document Type: Article

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