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Table 6 Assignment probabilities - probabilistic versus modal allocation 4 class model

From: Profiles of family-focused adverse experiences through childhood and early adolescence: The ROOTS project a community investigation of adolescent mental health

 

Modal Allocation

 

Early Childhood

Later Childhood

Early Adolescence

Probabilistic Allocation

Low

Moderate

Severe

Atypical parenting

Low

Moderate

Severe

Atypical parenting

Low

Moderate

Severe

Atypical parenting

Low

0.91

0.13

0.00

0.00

0.85

0.13

0.00

0.02

0.92

0.15

0.01

0.02

Moderate

0.08

0.81

0.11

0.08

0.14

0.81

0.12

0.00

0.07

0.79

0.11

0.06

Severe

0.00

0.04

0.86

0.01

0.00

0.04

0.88

0.02

0.00

0.05

0.85

0.03

Atypical parenting

0.01

0.01

0.02

0.91

0.01

0.01

0.00

0.95

0.01

0.01

0.03

0.89

  1. N = 1137. Individuals were assigned to the latent class for which the posterior probability of class membership was highest. Table 6 compares the ratio of the modal predicted (probabilistic) allocation with the modal allocation. High values on the leading diagonal are indicative of good model separation and reflect the quality of the empirical classification. The assignment probabilities for the low adversity group and the atypical parenting group were high; the moderate adversity class was less well discriminated (0.81, 0.81, 0.79). This pattern indicates that those allocated to moderate class also had non-zero probabilities for membership in the low class. Similarly, those allocated to the severe adversity group had non-zero probabilities for membership of the moderate adversity class.