Local independence is the basic assumption underlying LATENT VARIABLE models, such as FACTOR ANALYSIS, LATENT TRAIT ANALYSIS, LATENT CLASS ANALYSIS, and LATENT PROFILE ANALYSIS. The axiom of local independence states that the observed items are independent of each other, given ...

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