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The present chapter applies an entropy-based method of path analysis to multiple-indicator, multiple-cause models and the latent Markov chain model. First, a multiple-indicator, multiple-cause model is considered in a path analysis framework. Second, the entropy-based path analysis method is reviewed, and the effects of variables are calculated in some examples. Third, a numerical illustration is provided to demonstrate path analysis in the multiple-indicator, multiple-cause model. Fourth, path analysis is discussed in the latent Markov chain model, and a numerical example demonstrates the approach. Finally, discussions and a further perspective of path analysis in latent class models are provided.
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Eshima, N. (2022). Path Analysis in Latent Class Models. In: An Introduction to Latent Class Analysis. Behaviormetrics: Quantitative Approaches to Human Behavior, vol 14. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0972-6_7
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