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Latent Class Models

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This chapter on the latent class model has three purposes:

The latent class model (LCM) is introduced in a way that assumes little prior knowledge of the model. This introduction does, however, draw on other backgrounds, methodological or statistical, as do other chapters in this book. The goal is to show how the LCM arises naturally from the theory or the subject matter of social research, in many contexts at least. Many papers or books can serve as introductory treatments of LCMs as well as reviews of the literature: Andersen (1982, 1991), Bergan (1983), Goodman (1974b), Langeheine (1988), Langeheine and Rost (1988), Lazarsfeld and Henry (1968), McCutcheon (1987), Dillon and Goldstein (1984, chap. 10), and Schwartz (1986), among others. Because so many detailed introductions exist already, an abbreviated introduction should suffice here.

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Clogg, C.C. (1995). Latent Class Models. In: Arminger, G., Clogg, C.C., Sobel, M.E. (eds) Handbook of Statistical Modeling for the Social and Behavioral Sciences. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1292-3_6

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