In recent columns we showed how linear regression can be used to predict a continuous dependent variable given other independent variables 1,2. When the dependent variable is categorical, a common ...

This paper describes and contrasts two useful ways to employ a latent class variable as a mixture variable in regression analyses of panel data with a categorical dependent variable. One way is to ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In many surveys, the data comprise a large number of categorical variables that suffer from item nonresponse. Standard methods for multiple ...