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New advances in latent class analysis to be presented Feb. 27

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Bethany Bray, associate research professor of health and human development, will present "New Advances in Latent Class Analysis" from the Methodology Center at Penn State at the next Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Design (BERD) Recent Topics in Research Methods Seminar Series. This seminar will be held from 4 to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 27 at 116 Henderson, University Park. It will also be teleconferenced to C1742K at Penn State College of Medicine and stream online via Zoom. Zoom link is provided upon registration.

Latent class analysis is a statistical tool that behavioral scientists are turning to with increasing frequency to identify unobservable subgroups within a population. Learn more about latent class analysis in the video, Introduction to LCA with Bethany Bray. This session will discuss two advancements in latent class analysis: distal outcome and causal inference.

Register here by Feb. 26.

Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Design is part of Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute.

Last Updated February 23, 2018