On inclusion of covariates for class enumeration of growth mixture models

Multivariate Behavioral Research

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 266-302

  Li, Libo ^a   Hser, Yih Ing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 79957605182     PISSN: 00273171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00273171.2011.556549     Document Type: Article

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