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 Daniel Cohen posted on Thursday, October 01, 2015 - 2:20 pm
I am doing an LPA using three measures as class indicators. Each indicator is an average of 6-10 ratings using a 0-10 likert scale. Does the LPA model include an assumption of normally distributed class indicators? I am concerned about this because the indicators that I'm using have a skewed distribution.

Thanks!
Dan
 Bengt O. Muthen posted on Thursday, October 01, 2015 - 6:39 pm
No, with mixture modeling you would expect non-normal outcomes.
 Daniel Cohen posted on Thursday, October 01, 2015 - 7:21 pm
Thank you for your assistance.
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