Mplus Users Guide v6.. - Muthén & Muthén

Examples: Multilevel Mixture Modelingu1u2 u3 u4 u5u6 u7 u8 u9u10cwWithinBetweencw#1cw#2cw#3cbIn this example, the two-level latent class analysis (LCA) withcategorical latent class indicators shown in the picture above isestimated. This example is similar to Example 10.6 except that thebetween level random means are influenced by the between-levelcategorical latent variable cb. In the within part of the model, the filledcircles represent the three random means of the four classes of theindividual-level categorical latent variable cw. They are referred to ascw#1, cw#2, and cw#3 on the between level. The random means areshown in circles in the between part of the model because they arecontinuous latent variables that vary across clusters (between-levelunits). The random means have means that vary across the classes of thecategorical latent variable cb but the within-class variances of therandom means are zero (Bijmolt, Paas, & Vermunt, 2004).315