Relating latent class assignments to external variables: Standard errors for correct inference

Political Analysis

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 520-540

  Bakk, Zsuzsa ^a   Oberski, Daniel L ^a   Vermunt, Jeroen K ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84914149009     PISSN: 10471987     EISSN: 14764989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pan/mpu003     Document Type: Article

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