Analysis of Qualitative Data

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Analysis of Qualitative Data

Readers familiar with factor analysis may find parallels between factor analysis
models for continuous data and latent-class models for discrete data. The
treatment of latent-class analysis in this chapter is most closely related to work of
Goodman (1974a,b) and Haberman (1974c, 1976b, 1977). This work builds on a
substantial earlier literature. The most extensive treatment of latent-class analysis
is in Lazarsfeld and Henry (1968). Important earlier papers include Lazarsfeld (
1950a,b), ...