Lclogit: A Stata Command for Fitting Latent-Class Conditional Logit Models via the Expectation-Maximization Algorithm

Abstract

In this article, we describe lclogit, a Stata command for fitting a discrete-mixture or latent-class logit model via the expectation-maximization algorithm.

Keywords

st0312 lclogit lclogitpr lclogitcov lclogitml latent-class model expectation-maximization algorithm mixed logit

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