Latent Class Procedures: Applications to Organizational Research

Organizational Research Methods

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 24-31

  Wang, Mo ^a   Hanges, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

latent class analysis; latent class growth models; profile analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650162548     PISSN: 10944281     EISSN: 15527425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1094428110383988     Document Type: Article

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