A Monte Carlo investigation of factors influencing latent class analysis: An application to eating disorder research

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 677-684

  Swanson, Sonja A ^a   Lindenberg, Katajun ^b   Bauer, Stephanie ^b   Crosby, Ross D ^c,d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences Southeast Campus   (United States)

^d NEUROPSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Latent class analysis; Sample size; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; DATA ANALYSIS; EATING DISORDER; HUMAN; LATENT CLASS ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EATING DISORDERS; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84862184898     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: 1098108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.20958     Document Type: Article

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