Enumeration Index Performance in Generalized Growth Mixture Models: A Monte Carlo Test of Muthén’s (2003) Hypothesis

Structural Equation Modeling

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 115-131

  Peugh, James ^a   Fan, Xitao ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

Author keywords

enumeration index; growth mixture modeling; population heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MIXTURES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SAMPLING; TRAJECTORIES;

DATA GENERATION MODELS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; ENUMERATION INDEX; GROWTH TRAJECTORIES; MIXTURE MODEL; MONTE CARLO TESTS; POPULATION HETEROGENEITY; SEPARATION DISTANCES;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

EID: 84918585020     PISSN: 10705511     EISSN: 15328007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10705511.2014.919823     Document Type: Article

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