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Latent variable models for ordinal data

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Latent variable models with observed ordinal variables are particularly useful for analyzing survey data. Typical ordinal variables express attitudinal statements with response alternatives like "strongly disagree", "disagree", "strongly agree" or "very dissatisfied", "dissatisfied", "satisfied" and "very satisfied".

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Ordinal data Latent variable Ordinal regression Latent variable model Variable (mathematics) Econometrics Ordinal Scale Statistics Latent class model Psychology Variables Ordinal optimization Mathematics Computer science

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