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license: GPL-3.0-only
title: 'latents: Multilevel Latent Profile, Class and Transition Models'
version: 0.9.21
abstract: Provides functions for fitting multilevel latent profile analysis, latent
  class, and latent transition models for continuous, categorical, and mixed-type
  variables. Models are estimated by expectation-maximization, handle missing data,
  and provide standard and robust standard errors. Model selection is supported by
  information criteria, entropy, classification diagnostics, and a parametric bootstrap
  likelihood ratio test. Covariates can be related to latent class membership using
  three-step methods with correction for classification error. Latent transition models
  estimate transitions between latent profiles across ordered occasions and are compatible
  with the 'tna' package for network and sequence analysis. The multilevel mixture
  formulation follows Vermunt (2003) <https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0081-1750.2003.t01-1-00131.x>.
authors:
- family-names: Saqr
  given-names: Mohammed
  email: saqr@saqr.me
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5881-3109
- family-names: López-Pernas
  given-names: Sonsoles
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9621-1392
repository: https://cran.r-universe.dev
repository-code: https://github.com/mohsaqr/latents
commit: 1a2dba1117e4c9466b58af664069066cc6db2f79
url: https://pak.dynasite.org/latents/
date-released: '2026-10-16'
contact:
- family-names: Saqr
  given-names: Mohammed
  email: saqr@saqr.me
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5881-3109