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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Addict Behav. 2011 Nov 7;26(3):440–450. doi: 10.1037/a0026130

Table 3.

Item-response probabilities and transition probabilities for selected LTA model.

Latent Status

Non-Drinker Weekend Non-Binger Weekend Binger Heavy Drinker
Item-Response Probabilities

Drink in past month 0.10 0.99 1.00 1.00
Been drunk in past month 0.00 0.53 0.99 1.00
Weekday (Sun, Mon, Tues, Wed) drinking 0.00 0.05 0.08 0.30
Thursday drinking 0.00 0.06 0.02 0.74
Weekend (Fri, Sat) drinking 0.02 0.65 0.88 0.98
Binge drank in past 2 weeks 0.00 0.10 0.83 0.95
Peak BAC > 0.08 0.00 0.23 0.89 0.94

Proportion of Statuses at:
Time 1 (Baseline) 0.42 0.20 0.30 0.08
Time 2 (Fall Follow-up) 0.30 0.19 0.22 0.28

Transitions from Time 1 (rows) to Time 2 (columns):
Non-Drinker 0.64 0.21 0.11 0.04
Weekend Non-Binger 0.14 0.43 0.24 0.18
Weekend Binger 0.02 0.06 0.41 0.51
Heavy Drinker 0.01 0.03 0.00 0.96

Note: Item-response probabilities are constrained to be equal at two time points. Entries in bold font indicate status-defining probabilities (>0.60). Entries in bold and italic font indicate membership in the same latent status at both times (i.e., stability)