What is Latent Profile Analysis?

[@JasonHallarn-w9u]

Hi Dr. Geiser, thank you for another informative video. I have conducted LPA in latent gold, and the output provides loadings for each indicator on the variable "cluster." These are provided in addition to the regression parameters. I am wondering what these loadings represent? Are these akin to factor loadings? How do they differ from the regression parameters?

[@QuantFish]

I haven't used Latent Gold recently so unfortunately I don't know what exactly the program outputs for an LPA. Their User's Guide should tell you more I would assume? Best, Christian Geiser