Applied Latent Class Analysis Allan L. McCutcheon, Jacques A. Hagenaars
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

This study introduces several recent innovations in latent class analysis to a wider audience of researchers. Structural equation model and its applications (2nd ed.) Beijing, China: Educational Science Publishing House. Applied Latent Class Analysis introduces several innovations in latent class analysis to a wider audience of researchers. Latent class analysis was used to cluster people according to their beliefs, attitudes, etc. [I like this tidbit: 2% of respondents said they'd never heard of global warming]. There is a growing gulf between the elite and the lower classes, and what used to be termed the middle and working classes seem to be splintering into social classes with systematically differing amounts of cultural and social capital. The Great British Class Using latent class analysis on measures of economic, social and cultural capital, from our nationally representative sample, we defined a new model of class in Britain today. Using latent class analysis on these variables, we derive seven classes. LINK: Download Applied Latent Class Analysis Book. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.