Latent class analysis was accurate but sensitive in data simulations

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1157-1162

  Green, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; Heterogeneity; Latent class analysis; Longitudinal; Simulations; Trajectories

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH CURVE; LATENT CLASS ANALYSIS; PARAMETERS; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VARIANCE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84908240360     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2014.05.005     Document Type: Article

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