Introductory materials on Latent Class Modelling

 

What Is Latent Class Modelling (download)

 

Introduction to Latent Class Analysis by F. Bartolucci (download)

 

Latent Class Analysis in Research Policy and Higher Education by B. Lepori (download)

 

 

 

Using Latent Class Modelling with STATA

 

Technical prerequisite: STATA software, version 15 (minimum)

 

Basics of STATA: video tutorials

 

Gsem STATA manual with LCM commands (download)

 

LCM with STATA: how does it work? Slides by B. Antonioli (download)

 

Gsem Latent profile model example (download)

 

Gsem Latent class model example (download)

 

 

 

Useful references

 

Collins L.M. Lanza S.T. (2010). Latent Class and Latent Transition Analysis: With Applications in the Social, Behavioral and Health Sciences (link)

 

Goodman L. A. (1974). Exploratory latent structure analysis using both identifiable and unidentifiable models. Biometrika, 61:215-231 (link)

 

Masyn K.E. (2013). Latent Class Analysis and Finite Mixture Modeling. The Oxford Handbook of Quantitative Methods (link)

 

McCutcheon A. (1987), Latent Class Analysis, SAGE Publications (link)

 

McLachlan G. and Peel D. (2000). Finite Mixture Models. Wiley, New York (link)

 

Vermunt, J. K., Magidson, J. (2002). Latent class cluster analysis. Applied latent class analysis, 11, 89-106. (link).