Table 2. Criteria to choose the best number of classes.
Number of classes | BIC | Entropy | Number of individuals per class | Bootstrapped likelihood ratio test | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | p Value | |||
2 | 21481.114 | 0.78 | 374 | 569 | 0.001 | ||||
3 | 21383.724 | 0.88 | 108 | 732 | 103 | 0.001 | |||
4 | 21414.326 | 0.72 | 228 | 499 | 107 | 109 | 0.078 | ||
5 | 21407.395 | 0.75 | 175 | 562 | 86 | 19 | 101 | 0.067 | |
6 | 21308.773 | 0.76 | 179 | 552 | 84 | 19 | 103 | 6 | 0.079 |
Notes:
p Values were comparing with model with one fewer class.
BIC, Bayesian information criterion.