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| | Latent Class Analysis Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) |
 | | Latent GOLD is a new LCA program with outstanding, state-of-the-art features, including a fully Windows-oriented user interface, extensive graphics, optional Bayesian constants to help avoid boundary-value parameter estimates (estimated response probabilities of 0 or 1), diagnostics for detecting conditional dependence, and many other features. |
 | | Third, determining the number of latent classes is analogous in certain respects to that of determining the number of factors: as the number of clusters/factors increases, fit of the latent class/factor model to the observed data becomes better, but one seeks a balance between fit to the data and number of latent classes/factors required. |
 | | The probit latent class model also provides a unifying framework for understanding various latent structure models; a number of models, including latent class analysis, latent trait analysis, and latent distribution analysis, are subsumed under the model. |
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