get_results: Every table a fitted model holds, from one verb

In latents: Multilevel Latent Profile, Class and Transition Models

Every table a fitted model holds, from one verb

Description

One verb returns every tidy table this package computes, named by what. The tables were once eleven separate verbs and seven as.data.frame() methods with their own what catalogues; a reader had to know which verb owned which table before they could ask for it. Here the object decides what it can offer and what names it, so the same call shape reads a measurement model, a classification diagnostic and a transition matrix.

Usage

get_results(x, what = NULL, ...)

## Default S3 method:
get_results(x, what = NULL, ...)

## S3 method for class 'multilpa'
get_results(x, what = NULL, ...)

## S3 method for class 'multilpa_covariates'
get_results(x, what = NULL, ...)

## S3 method for class 'multilpa_transitions'
get_results(x, what = NULL, ...)

## S3 method for class 'multilpa_enumeration'
get_results(x, what = NULL, ...)

## S3 method for class 'multilpa_bootstrap_lrt'
get_results(x, what = NULL, ...)

## S3 method for class 'multilpa_start'
get_results(x, what = NULL, ...)

## S3 method for class 'multilpa_diagnostics'
get_results(x, what = NULL, ...)

## S3 method for class 'summary_multilpa'
get_results(x, what = NULL, ...)

## S3 method for class 'summary_multilpa_covariates'
get_results(x, what = NULL, ...)

## S3 method for class 'summary_multilpa_transitions'
get_results(x, what = NULL, ...)

## S3 method for class 'summary_multilpa_enumeration'
get_results(x, what = NULL, ...)

## S3 method for class 'summary_multilpa_bootstrap_lrt'
get_results(x, what = NULL, ...)

Arguments

x	A fitted model of this package, an enumeration grid, a bootstrap comparison, a starting-value set, a classification-diagnostics object, or the summary of any of them.
what	Which table to return, or "all" for every table the object can produce. The tables an object offers depend on its class and are listed under Tables below; asking for one it does not have raises latents_bad_argument naming the ones it does. NULL, the default, gives the object's primary table: the measurement model for a fit, the candidate grid for an enumeration, the test row for a bootstrap comparison, and the entropy summary for a diagnostics object.
...	Arguments for the requested table. Each table accepts only the arguments listed for it below, and any other name raises latents_bad_argument saying which that table takes, rather than being dropped on the way to a table that would then answer a different question.

Value

A base data.frame for a single what, whose columns are given under Tables, or a named list of such data frames for what = "all".

Tables

Every fitted model offers these:

"profiles"

The Gaussian measurement model, one row per profile and continuous indicator: profile, indicator, mean, variance, standard_deviation. Zero rows when every indicator is categorical. Takes scale, and data, which adds mean_standard_error and variance_standard_error.

"responses"

The categorical measurement model, one row per profile, categorical indicator and category: profile, indicator, category, probability, threshold. The threshold is qlogis(P(y <= category)) and is NA_real_ for each indicator's final category, where the cumulative probability is one. Takes data, which adds probability_standard_error.

"covariances"

The within-profile residual covariance matrices, one row per profile and ordered pair of continuous indicators: profile, indicator, indicator_2, covariance. The diagonal parameterization carries no covariance array but does state a covariance matrix – the variances on the diagonal and exact zeros off it – and it is reported explicitly, so one shape answers both parameterizations.

"counts"

Effective class memberships, one row per class at each level the fit has: level, class, effective_count (the summed posteriors) and effective_proportion. These differ from the modal counts in "classification" whenever entropy is below one.

"model"

One row describing the whole fit: its dimensions, likelihood, parameter counts, aic, bic_groups, bic_individual and its convergence and boundary diagnostics. The columns are those of the family: a covariate fit reports its predictor counts, because padding those onto a two-level fit would leave the common case mostly NA. Comparing fits across families is what "information_criteria" is for, and that table does have one column set for every family.

"posteriors"

One row per individual and profile: row, group, profile, posterior, modal. Takes format.

"assignments"

One row per observation, the columns the fit was built from (or those of data) followed by profile, group_class where the model has one, uncertainty, and one ⁠posterior_profile_*⁠ column per profile. uncertainty is one minus the posterior of the assigned profile, which is what modal assignment discards. Takes data and truth; truth returns a recovery cross-tabulation instead, described below.

"classification"

Classification quality, one row per class and level: level, class, n_modal, proportion_modal, estimated_n, estimated_proportion, average_posterior, odds_correct_classification. Takes level. Under sampling weights estimated_n and estimated_proportion (and so the odds of correct classification) are weighted posterior totals; the modal and average posterior columns describe the units supplied.

"average_posteriors"

For the units assigned to each class, their mean posterior of belonging to every class: level, assigned_class, class, n_assigned, average_posterior. Each assigned class's rows sum to one. Conditions on the assigned class, where "classification_errors" conditions on the true one; the two are different numbers, not two spellings of one table. Takes level.

"classification_errors"

The probability that a unit truly in one class is assigned to another: level, true_class, assigned_class, probability, summing to one within each true_class. Takes level. On a membership-covariate fit this is a marginal summary over the fitted units, not a classification-error adjustment conditional on covariates. A fit with a noise component raises latents_unsupported_noise, as three_step() does, and "all" and summary() leave the table out.

"bch_weights"

The BCH inverse-error weights, one row per unit and class: level, unit, assigned_class, class, weight. Takes level; weight a regression with one level, not with "both". On a membership-covariate fit these invert the marginal error matrix and are not a conditional three-step correction. Refused for a fit with a noise component, like "classification_errors".

"entropy"

One row per level: level, n_classes, n_units, entropy_sum, relative_entropy.

"residuals"

Bivariate residuals for every indicator pair, testing the within-profile independence the measurement model assumes: profile, indicator_1, indicator_2, kind, observed, expected, residual, effective_n, statistic, df, p_value, p_adjusted. Takes data, by and adjust.

"information_criteria"

Every likelihood-penalty criterion the package computes. Takes format and definitions.

"sequences"

The assignments in occasion order, one row per observation: group, group_class, time, profile. Takes format. Raises latents_no_time for a fit made without time.

"sequence_summary"

One row per group class, summarizing how much data it contributes: group_class, groups, observations, mean_length, median_length, shortest, longest, complete, gaps. Raises latents_no_time for a fit made without time.

"starts"

One row per EM start: start, log_likelihood, converged, iterations, error and, where the family records it, boundary.

"data"

The columns of the original data the model was fitted to, one row per observation in input order: the identifier, the occasion where there is one, and the indicators under their original names. Columns a model never saw are not here, which is why three_step() and r3step() still take data.

Every family with discrete group classes adds:

"group_posteriors"

One row per observed group and group class: group, group_size, log_likelihood, group_class, posterior, modal. Takes format.

And each family adds its own:

"profile_probabilities", "stages"

A multilpa fit. "profile_probabilities" has one row per group class and profile: group_class, profile, probability, group_class_probability. "stages" has one row per estimation stage: stage, group_classes, fixed, log_likelihood, parameters, parameters_with_measurement, converged. An ordinary fit has a single "joint" row and a fit_staged() result has two; fixed is NA_character_ for a stage that estimated every block, never a sentinel such as "none".

"coefficients"

A covariate fit. One row per estimated membership coefficient: level ("profile" or "group"), outcome, term, parameter (always "logit"), estimate. The standard errors are not here; parameter_inference() reports them.

"transitions", "initial", "sequence_lengths"

A transition fit. "transitions" has one row per group class and ordered pair of profiles, with group_class, from, to, probability, expected_count, stable, estimated and group_class_probability; it takes estimated and stable to restrict it. "initial" has one row per group class and profile: group_class, profile, probability, prevalence, group_class_probability. "sequence_lengths" has one row per group: group, group_class, occasions, observations, complete.

"candidates", "criteria"

An enumeration grid. "criteria" has one row per information criterion, naming the candidate that minimises it. "candidates" has one row per candidate model, with its class counts, its covariance model, log likelihood, parameter count, every criterion under both sample-size conventions, both entropies, and the convergence, boundary, replication, warning and error diagnostics. Failed candidates are retained with NA estimates and their error text.

"test", "replicates"

A bootstrap comparison. "test" is the one-row result; "replicates" has one row per simulated dataset.

"covariances"

A starting-value set. One row per profile and ordered pair of continuous indicators: profile, indicator, indicator_2, covariance.

What "all" returns

A named list of every table the object can produce, in catalogue order, built from the same definitions a single what uses, so the two can never disagree. It takes no further arguments: every table is built with its defaults, and supplying anything else raises latents_bad_argument. A table this particular object cannot produce is left out rather than erroring – a sequence table for a fit made without time, bivariate residuals for a family with no discrete group classes – so the names of the list say what was available. Only the classed refusals that mean this object has no such table are skipped; anything else propagates.

Arguments the tables take

These reach the requested table through ..., and each table takes only the ones listed for it under Tables above.

data

A data frame with one row per observation of the fit, in the order it was fitted in. NULL uses the columns the fit carries. For "profiles" and "responses" it triggers parameter_inference() and adds a standard error beside every estimate.

scale

For "profiles", "raw" reports the estimates in input units and "standardized" divides each indicator's deviation from its grand mean by that indicator's observed standard deviation, which is what plot(x, scale = "standardized") draws. Every standard error beside an estimate is divided by the same constant, so the whole row is on one scale.

format

For the posterior tables and "sequences", "long" gives one row per unit and class and "wide" one row per unit with one column per class. For "information_criteria", "wide" is the one-row reporting shape and "long" gives one row per criterion and sample-size convention.

level

Which level of classification to report: "individuals", "groups" or "both". NULL, the default, gives "both" for a fit that has discrete group classes and "individuals" for one that does not, which is the same rule diagnostics() follows.

truth

For "assignments", one or more column names of data holding a known label to check the assignments against. See Recovery below.

by

For "residuals", "profile" assesses each profile separately and "overall" pools them.

adjust

For "residuals", the multiplicity correction applied across the indicator pairs.

definitions

For "information_criteria" in long format, TRUE adds the formula and the reference for each criterion.

estimated, stable

For "transitions", TRUE or FALSE restricts the table to the rows that were estimated from observed occupancy, or to the diagonal. NULL keeps every row.

Recovery

what = "assignments" with truth returns a cross-tabulation of the model's labels against known ones instead of the per-observation table: one row per class and truth value, with columns assignment (which model label the column was compared against), class, truth (the column name), value, n and proportion, the share of the units carrying that truth value that were assigned to that class. Several truth columns may be named at once and are stacked.

Each truth column is compared against the level it describes, which is read off the data rather than guessed: a column that takes one value within every group is a property of the group and is compared against group_class; a column that varies inside any group cannot be a group-level label and is compared against profile. The assignment column records which comparison was made, so the choice is never silent. Group-level recovery counts each group once, even when groups have different numbers of observations. Unused factor levels are omitted, because their within-truth proportions are undefined. Every column is compared against profile for a fit with no discrete group classes.

The labels are the model's own and carry no order, so a recovery table whose mass sits off the diagonal is a relabelling, not a failure.

Information criteria

Let q be the number of free parameters, n the chosen sample size, and EN the classification entropy of the level matching that convention. The criteria are deviance = -2L, ⁠aic = -2L + 2q⁠, ⁠bic = -2L + q log(n)⁠, ⁠sabic = -2L + q log((n + 2) / 24)⁠, caic = -2L + q (log(n) + 1), ⁠awe = -2(L - EN) + 2q (1.5 + log(n))⁠, ⁠icl = -2L + q log(n) + 2 EN⁠, kic = -2L + 3(q + 1), and ⁠clc = -2L + 2 EN⁠. Note that clc uses the entropy sum, as icl and awe here do; tidyLPA reports a CLC built from relative entropy instead, which is bounded by one and so penalizes almost nothing, and the two numbers are not comparable.

Every criterion that depends on a sample size is reported under both multilevel conventions, "groups" and "individuals", and uses group-level posteriors under the first and individual-level posteriors under the second. That is a stated per-level choice, not a unique multilevel definition: use one convention consistently across compared candidates. deviance, aic and kic depend on no sample size and carry convention = NA_character_. clc depends on none either, but its convention selects which level's classification uncertainty it penalizes, so it is reported once per convention. Individual sample sizes exclude rows with no observed indicators. Where the group classification entropy is undefined, group-level awe, icl and clc are NA.

Classification quality

The odds of correct classification for class k is (p / (1 - p)) / (r / (1 - r)), where p is the average posterior in the assigned class and r is the model-estimated class proportion. Values near one indicate classification no better than the class proportion alone; values of five or more are conventionally read as adequate separation. It is NA_real_ wherever it is undefined, that is whenever average_posterior is missing, or it or estimated_proportion is zero or one, so a single-class solution always reports NA_real_. average_posterior is itself NA_real_ for a class with no modal members, where the mean is taken over nothing and is undefined rather than zero. Modal assignment discards classification uncertainty, which is why n_modal and estimated_n differ whenever entropy is below one.

relative_entropy is ⁠1 - EN / (n log K)⁠, on the zero-to-one scale, so higher is sharper; entropy_sum is the raw EN the entropy-penalized criteria use, so lower is sharper. relative_entropy is NA_real_ when a level has a single class, where it is undefined rather than perfect.

A fit with individual profiles but no discrete group classes returns individuals only for level = "both", and raises latents_no_group_classes for level = "groups".

Bivariate residuals

The measurement model assumes the indicators are independent within a profile. "residuals" tests that pair by pair, weighting every observation by the posterior the fit holds for it, so a frame in any other row order would pair each observation with someone else's posterior; the alignment is checked rather than assumed. A large residual is evidence of local dependence between two indicators, which the enumeration grid will otherwise absorb by asking for an extra profile. The p-values are approximate, and p_adjusted applies the multiplicity correction named by adjust across the pairs.

References

Schwarz, G. (1978). Estimating the dimension of a model. Annals of Statistics, 6, 461–464. Sclove, S. L. (1987). Application of model-selection criteria to some problems in multivariate analysis. Psychometrika, 52, 333–343. Bozdogan, H. (1987). Model selection and Akaike's information criterion. Psychometrika, 52, 345–370. Banfield, J. D., & Raftery, A. E. (1993). Model-based Gaussian and non-Gaussian clustering. Biometrics, 49, 803–821. Biernacki, C., & Govaert, G. (1997). Using the classification likelihood to choose the number of clusters. Computing Science and Statistics, 29, 451–457. Cavanaugh, J. E. (1999). A large-sample model selection criterion based on Kullback's symmetric divergence. Statistics and Probability Letters, 42, 333–343. Biernacki, C., Celeux, G., & Govaert, G. (2000). Assessing a mixture model for clustering with the integrated completed likelihood. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 22, 719–725. Bolck, A., Croon, M., & Hagenaars, J. (2004). Estimating latent structure models with categorical variables. Political Analysis, 12, 3–27. Nagin, D. S. (2005). Group-Based Modeling of Development. Harvard University Press. Vermunt, J. K. (2010). Latent class modeling with covariates: two improved three-step approaches. Political Analysis, 18, 450–469.

See Also

as.data.frame(), which returns the primary table alone, summary(), which prints every table, and diagnostics() for the classification tables gathered with a condensed reading.

Examples

fit <- multilpa(
  course_engagement,
  vars = c("browse", "lectures", "forum_read", "forum_post", "attendance"),
  id = "student", n_profiles = 2, n_group_classes = 2, n_starts = 4,
  seed = 1
)
get_results(fit)
get_results(fit, what = "profile_probabilities")
get_results(fit, what = "entropy")
names(get_results(fit, what = "all"))

# `engagement` and `student_type` are the kinds each row was simulated from,
# which the model never saw. Both recovery checks are one call.
get_results(fit, what = "assignments", data = course_engagement,
         truth = c("engagement", "student_type"))

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