Distinguishing between latent classes and continuous factors with categorical outcomes: Class invariance of parameters of factor mixture models

Multivariate Behavioral Research

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 592-620

  Lubke, Gitta ^a   Neale, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 57849137415     PISSN: 00273171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00273170802490673     Document Type: Article

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