Latent class and latent transition analysis
Subtitle: with applications in the social behavioral, and health sciences
By: Linda M. Collins, Stephanie T. Lanza
Contributors: Lanza, Stephanie T., 1969-
Series: Wiley series in probability and statistics; Wiley series in probability and statistics
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Hoboken, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 285
ISBN-13: 9780470228395
Description: "On a daily basis, researchers in the social, behavioral, and health sciences collect information and fit statistical models to the gathered empirical data with the goal of making significant advances in these fields. In many cases, it can be useful to identify latent, or unobserved, subgroups in a population, where individuals' subgroup membership is inferred from their responses on a set of observed variables. Latent Class and Latent Transition Analysis provides a comprehensive and unified introduction to this topic through one-of-a-kind, step-by-step presentations and coverage of theoretical, technical, and practical issues in categorical latent variable modeling for both cross-sectional and longitudinal data."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.