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latent class analysis  

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  • Latent class analysis (LCA) is a method or technique for identifying unlabeled groups of individuals or cases in a data set based on multivariate categorical data. LCA is used in psychology, sociology, and many other areas of application to cluster, or partition, individuals into underlying groups. [Source: Encyclopedia of Measurement and Statistics; Latent Class Analysis]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-N7Z51L48-J

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