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A Note on the Derivation of the General Latent Class Model

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Roderick P. McDonald
Roderick P. McDonald*
Affiliation:
University of New England, N.S.W., Australia
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Abstract

A general formulation of the latent structure principle is suggested, from which it is possible to derive Lazarsfeld’s accounting equations in their most general form. The basic equations of Gibson’s latent profile model can thence be derived in a single step.

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Original Paper
Information
Psychometrika , Volume 27 , Issue 2 , June 1962 , pp. 203 - 206
Copyright
Copyright © 1962 The Psychometric Society

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