Assessing the Robustness of Mixture Models to Measurement Noninvariance

Recent work reframes direct effects of covariates on items in mixture models as differential item functioning (DIF) and shows that, when present in the data but omitted from the fitted latent class model, DIF can lead to overextraction of classes. However, less is known about the effects of DIF on m...

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Main Authors: Bauer, D.J (Author), Cole, V.T (Author), Hussong, A.M (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Routledge 2019
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