The EM Algorithm for Latent Class Analysis with Equality Constraints.

Mooijaart, Ab; van der Heijden, Peter G. M.

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ERIC Number: EJ450905

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Publication Date: 1992

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The EM Algorithm for Latent Class Analysis with Equality Constraints.

Mooijaart, Ab; van der Heijden, Peter G. M.

Psychometrika, v57 n2 p261-69 Jun 1992

It is shown that it is not easy to apply the EM algorithm to latent class models in the general case with equality constraints because a nonlinear equation has to be solved. A simpler condition is given in which the EM algorithm can be easily applied. (SLD)

Descriptors: Algorithms, Equations (Mathematics), Estimation (Mathematics), Mathematical Models

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Language: English

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