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  • Quantitative Psychology
  • Biostatistics

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  • Nonnormal data pose challenges in growth mixture modeling (GMM).
  • Within-class normality assumptions can bias parameter estimates in GMM.
  • Existing methods for handling nonnormal GMM have limitations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate bias in class-specific parameter estimates under nonnormal GMM.
  • To compare the effectiveness of relaxing normality assumptions versus data transformation for unbiased estimation.
  • To investigate the impact of various simulation conditions on GMM performance.

Main Methods:

  • Conducted Monte Carlo simulations for nonnormal GMM.
  • Generated data with varying sample sizes, skewness, kurtosis, time points, and class proportions.
  • Compared skew-t GMM with data transformation methods (adjusted logarithmic and van der Waerden quantile normal scores).

Main Results:

  • Skew-t GMM demonstrated the highest accuracy in parameter estimation across simulation conditions.
  • The adjusted logarithmic transformation was more effective than van der Waerden scores for unbiased estimates.
  • Skew-t GMM offered greater accuracy and robustness than data transformation methods, despite longer computation times.

Conclusions:

  • Relaxing the within-class normality assumption using skew-t GMM is a highly accurate strategy for nonnormal data.
  • Data transformation methods, particularly adjusted logarithmic, can improve unbiased estimation but are less robust than skew-t GMM.
  • This study highlights the importance of considering kurtosis and class proportions in nonnormal GMM research.