A theoretical model where a growth process supposedly exists for two or more groups, but the identification of the persons in the groups is unknown or unmeasured (i.e., latent). The mixture analysis attempts to determine the optimal number of groups (G>1), isolate the growth parameters of the separate groups, and assign a probability of group membership to each person. <\/p>\n
See Structural equation modeling (SEM) <\/p>\n
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A theoretical model where a growth process supposedly exists for two or more groups, but the identification of the persons in the groups is unknown or unmeasured (i.e., latent). The mixture analysis attempts to determine the optimal number of groups (G>1), isolate the growth parameters of the separate groups, and assign a probability of group … <\/p>\n