When Is Hard Class Assignment Defensible? An Uncertainty-Aware Framework for Psychometric Profile Interpretation
Educational and Psychological Measurement
Published online on August 05, 2026
Abstract
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Researchers using latent profile and latent class analysis (LPA/LCA) commonly assign individuals to their modal class without evaluating whether this simplification distorts reported class sizes, profile means, or high-severity subgroups. Existing ...
Researchers using latent profile and latent class analysis (LPA/LCA) commonly assign individuals to their modal class without evaluating whether this simplification distorts reported class sizes, profile means, or high-severity subgroups. Existing ...