Modeling Unobserved Heterogeneity Using Latent Profile Analysis: A Monte Carlo Simulation

Structural Equation Modeling

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 616-639

  Peugh, James ^a   Fan, Xitao ^b  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

Author keywords

cross sectional heterogeneity; latent class analysis; latent profile analysis; Monte Carlo simulation; numeration indexes; population heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

CROSS-SECTIONAL HETEROGENEITY; LATENT CLASS ANALYSIS; NUMERATION INDEXES; POPULATION HETEROGENEITY; PROFILE ANALYSIS;

MIXTURES; NUMBER THEORY; POPULATION STATISTICS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 84886892540     PISSN: 10705511     EISSN: 15328007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10705511.2013.824780     Document Type: Article

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