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Direct linkMarkon, Kristian E.; Krueger, Robert F. – Psychological Methods, 2006
Distinguishing between discrete and continuous latent variable distributions has become increasingly important in numerous domains of behavioral science. Here, the authors explore an information-theoretic approach to latent distribution modeling, in which the ability of latent distribution models to represent statistical information in observed…
Descriptors: Statistical Distributions, Modeling (Psychology), Behavioral Sciences, Information Theory
