Latent Class and Discrete Latent Trait Models: Similarities and Differences

by Ton Heinen

The standard latent class model, which has been popular among social scientists as an instrument for data reduction, is also a flexible tool for analyzing structural relationships between categorical variables and can be seen as a natural extension of the log-linear model in order to take measurement error into account. Among behavioural scientists latent trait models have been proposed as the preferable psychometric tools for measuring abilities...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803974337
• ISBN13: 9780803974333
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"