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stepmixr (version 0.1.2)

install.stepmix: Install stepmix python package into python via reticulate.

Description

Install the stepmix python package in the python instance used by reticulate.

Usage

install.stepmix(envname, method, conda, pip, ...)
check_pystepmix_version()

Value

It doesn't return anything.

Arguments

envname

Name of the python environment. "r-reticulate" by default.

method

installation method. See doc in reticulate

conda

Path to a conda install. See doc in reticulate

pip

Logical value to choose pip as the install method

...

Not used in function

Author

Éric Lacourse, Roxane de la Sablonnière, Charles-Édouard Giguère, Sacha Morin, Robin Legault, Félix Laliberté, Zsusza Bakk

Details

This methods installs stepmix in the python instance or environment used by reticulate. It uses reticulate::py_install.

References

Bolck, A., Croon, M., and Hagenaars, J. Estimating latent structure models with categorical variables: One-step versus three-step estimators. Political analysis, 12(1): 3-27, 2004.

Vermunt, J. K. Latent class modeling with covariates: Two improved three-step approaches. Political analysis, 18 (4):450-469, 2010.

Bakk, Z., Tekle, F. B., and Vermunt, J. K. Estimating the association between latent class membership and external variables using bias-adjusted three-step approaches. Sociological Methodology, 43(1):272-311, 2013.

Bakk, Z. and Kuha, J. Two-step estimation of models between latent classes and external variables. Psychometrika, 83(4):871-892, 2018