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Latent Class and Discrete Latent Trait Models: Similarities and Differences

Latent Class and Discrete Latent Trait Models: Similarities and Differences

Heinen, Ton

Hardcover

Series: Advanced Quantitative Techniques in the Social Sciences, Book 6

General Sociology

ISBN10: 0803974337
ISBN13: 9780803974333
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Published: Apr 24 1996
Pages: 224
Weight: 1.20
Height: 0.92 Width: 6.29 Depth: 9.32
Language: English
The standard latent class model. It has been popular among social scientists as an instrument for data reduction, as a flexible tool for analyzing structural relationships between categorical variables, and as a natural extension of the log-linear model in order to take measurement error into account. What, however, are the similarities and differences between the latent class model and latent trait models? Through a careful examination of these issues, author Ton Heinen explores such topics as how to estimate the parameters of latent class analysis models as well as the methods for model selection and ways to examine the correspondence between discrete latent trait models and certain restricted latent class models. In addition, he reviews log-linear models, latent trait models, and a number of restricted latent class models in detail as well as for the estimation of parameters for these models. Readers who would like to see how the estimation of the parameters in latent trait models plays a role in the correspondence between latent class and latent trait models will find Latent Class and Discrete Latent Trait Models a fascinating read.

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