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. 2018 Mar 30;6:e4592. doi: 10.7717/peerj.4592

Table 2. Criteria to choose the best number of classes.

Number of classes BIC Entropy Number of individuals per class Bootstrapped likelihood ratio test
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.