Using latent class analysis to test developmental models |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Clinical Pathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt;2. Department of Pediatric Hematology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt;3. National Blood Transfusion Center (NBTC), Cairo, Egypt;4. Clinical Pathology Department, National Cancer Institute, Cairo, Egypt;1. College of Telecommunications & Information Engineering, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210003, China;2. Department of Automatic Control & Systems Engineering, University of Sheffield, UK |
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| Abstract: | While psychology in general has moved away from using typologies and toward using continua to conceptualize dimensions of behavior, certain aspects of learning and development are still fruitfully considered in typological terms. One reason for the abandonment of typologies was that a small number of types seemed unable to explain the enormous diversity of behavior. The development of statistical models such as latent class analysis has allowed theories involving types to be tested, and the allowance for errors of measurement explains how a small number of types can result in a large number of observed patterns of behavior. This paper demonstrates the application of latent class analysis in several areas of interest to developmental psychologists. |
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