Latent Class and Latent Transition Analysis: With Applications in the Social, Behavioral, and Health SciencesISBN: 978-0-470-22839-5
Hardcover
330 pages
December 2009
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- There is no other book on the subject matter that offers a clear, step-by-step presentation or reviews theoretical, technical, and practical issues in both cross-sectional and longitudinal data.
- Advanced topics such as multi-group analyses and models involving covariates are introduced
- Theoretical, conceptual, and practical issues are covered, including use of parameter restrictions, detecting identification problems, and modeling and interpreting interactions between covariates.
- Empirical examples are showcased throughout the book to illustrate and reinforce the material.
- Several software packages are relied upon and supplementary material is posted on an author-maintained web site with sample data and software code for key empirical discussions in the book.
- A data analyst’s perspective is employed
- Practical advice, based on the authors’ years of experience conducting latent class and latent transition analyses
- A related website including additional material on conducting empirical analyses