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Latent class and latent transition analysis : with applications in the social, behavioral, and health sciences / / Linda M. Collins, Stephanie T. Lanza
Latent class and latent transition analysis : with applications in the social, behavioral, and health sciences / / Linda M. Collins, Stephanie T. Lanza
Autore Collins Linda M
Pubbl/distr/stampa Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, c2010
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (331 p.)
Disciplina 300.15195
519.535
Altri autori (Persone) LanzaStephanie T. <1969->
Collana Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics
Soggetto topico Latent structure analysis
Latent variables
Statistics
ISBN 1-118-21076-X
1-282-68715-8
9786612687150
0-470-56733-3
0-470-56732-5
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Latent Class and Latent Transition Analysis: With Applications in the Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences; CONTENTS; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Acronyms; PART I FUNDAMENTALS; 1 General Introduction; 1.1 Overview; 1.2 Conceptual foundation and brief history of the latent class model; 1.2.1 LCA and other latent variable models; 1.2.2 Some historical milestones in LCA; 1.2.3 LCA as a person-oriented approach; 1.3 Why select a categorical latent variable approach?; 1.4 Scope of this book; 1.5 Empirical example of LCA: Adolescent delinquency
1.6 Empirical example of LTA: Adolescent delinquency1.7 About this book; 1.7.1 Using this book; 1.8 The examples in this book; 1.8.1 Empirical data sets; 1.9 Software; 1.10 Additional resources: The book's web site; 1.11 Suggested supplemental readings; 1.12 Points to remember; 1.13 What's next; 2 The latent class model; 2.1 Overview; 2.2 Empirical example: Pubertal development; 2.2.1 An initial look at the data; 2.2.2 Why conduct LCA on the pubertal development data?; 2.2.3 Latent classes in the pubertal development data
2.3 The role of item-response probabilities in interpreting latent classes2.3.1 A hypothetical example; 2.3.2 Interpreting the item-response probabilities to label the latent classes in the pubertal development example; 2.3.3 Qualitative and quantitative differences among the pubertal development latent classes; 2.4 Empirical example: Health risk behaviors; 2.4.1 An initial look at the data; 2.4.2 LCA of the health risk behavior data; 2.5 LCA: Model and notation; 2.5.1 Fundamental expressions; 2.5.2 The local independence assumption; 2.6 Suggested supplemental readings; 2.7 Points to remember
2.8 What's next3 The relation between the latent variable and its indicators; 3.1 Overview; 3.2 The latent class measurement model; 3.2.1 Parallels with factor analysis; 3.2.2 Two criteria for evaluating item-response probabilities for a single variable; 3.2.3 Hypothetical and empirical examples of independence and weak relations; 3.2.4 Hypothetical and empirical examples of strong relations; 3.3 Homogeneity and latent class separation; 3.3.1 Homogeneity; 3.3.2 Latent class separation; 3.3.3 Hypothetical examples of homogeneity and latent class separation
3.3.4 How homogeneity and latent class separation are related3.3.5 Homogeneity, latent class separation, and the number of response patterns observed; 3.3.6 Homogeneity and latent class separation in empirical examples; 3.4 The precision with which the observed variables measure the latent variable; 3.4.1 Why posterior probabilities of latent class membership are of interest; 3.4.2 Bayes' theorem; 3.4.3 What homogeneity and latent class separation imply about posterior probabilities and classification uncertainty
3.4.4 Posterior classification uncertainty even with a high degree of homogeneity and latent class separation
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Collins Linda M  
Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, c2010
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Optimization of Behavioral, Biobehavioral, and Biomedical Interventions : The Multiphase Optimization Strategy (MOST) / / by Linda M. Collins
Optimization of Behavioral, Biobehavioral, and Biomedical Interventions : The Multiphase Optimization Strategy (MOST) / / by Linda M. Collins
Autore Collins Linda M
Edizione [1st ed. 2018.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (296 pages) : illustrations, tables
Disciplina 610.727
Collana Statistics for Social and Behavioral Sciences
Soggetto topico Statistics 
Behavioral sciences
Psychology—Methodology
Psychological measurement
Statistics for Social Sciences, Humanities, Law
Behavioral Sciences
Psychological Methods/Evaluation
ISBN 3-319-72206-9
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto 1 Conceptual Introduction to the Multiphase Optimization Strategy (MOST) --  2 The Preparation Phase of MOST -- 3 Introduction to the Factorial Optimization Trial --  4 Interactions Between Components and Moderation of Component Effects --  5 Balanced and Unbalanced Reduced Factorial Designs -- 6  Gathering Information for Decision-Making in the Optimization Phase: Resource Management and Practical Issues --  7 The Completion of the Optimization Phase --  8 Introduction to Adaptive Intervention.
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Collins Linda M  
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018
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