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Table 3 LCA results: Model fit, class size and profiles in 2-class solution

From: Using natural language processing to explore heterogeneity in moral terminology in palliative care consultations

  LL BIC (LL) L2 df No. of parameters
1-Class − 1210.1 2474.7 854.5 221 10
2-Class − 1079.7 2273.8 593.6 210 21
3-Class − 1073.0 2320.1 580.1 199 32
4-Class − 1068.1 2370.1 570.3 188 43
5-Class − 1064.4 2422.7 563.0 177 54
  Class 1 Class 2
Size (%) 68.3 31.7
Indicators (# words)
 Harm-Virtue (Wald = 67, p < 0.00) 0.25 0.99
 Harm-Vice (Wald = 33, p < 0.00) 0.20 0.90
 Fairness-Virtue (Wald = 42, p < 0.00) 0.06 0.57
 Fairness-Vice (Wald = 0.3, p < 0.62) 0.01 0.03
 Ingroup-Virtue (Wald = 56, p < 0.00) 0.23 1.17
 Ingroup-Vice (Wald = 19, p < 0.00) 0.00 0.06
 Authority-Virtue (Wald = 71, p < 0.00) 0.14 1.27
 Authority-Vice (Wald = 4, p = 0.04) 0.00 0.02
 Purity-Virtue (Wald = 24, p < 0.00) 0.01 0.43
 Purity-Vice (Wald = 8, p = 0.01) 0.01 0.10
Covariates
Gender (%)
  Male 52 48
  Female 48 52
Age (%) (Wald = 15, p < 0.00)
   < 22 20 17
  23–30 21 18
  31–39 22 21
  40–45 20 18
  46–61 17 26
Race and Ethnicity (%) (Wald = 8, p < 0.00)
  Black or Hispanic 20 25
  White 80 75
Education (%) (Wald = 4, p = 0.04)
  Did not graduate high school 18 11
  High school graduate or GED 33 19
  Associate Degree / Technical School 24 31
  Bachelor’s Degree 12 15
  Masters or Doctorate Degree 13 24
Financial Security (%) (Wald = 1, p = 0.23)
  None of the time 8 8
  Some of the time 25 28
  Most of the time 29 27
  All of the time 38 37
Spiritual Needs supported (%) (Wald = 3, p = 0.08)
  Completely 22 19
  Quite a bit 18 23
  Moderately 17 21
  Slightly 9 8
  Not at all 28 26
  Missing 6 2
Emotional Distress (%) (Wald = 0.4, p = 0.51)
  Completely 17 17
  Quite a bit 22 19
  Moderately 12 20
  Slightly 21 26
  Not at all 22 17
  missing 6 1
EOL preference focus comfort-directed treatment (%) (Wald = 0.4, p = 0.55)
  Strongly disagree 8 4
  Disagree 3 2
  Not sure 23 18
  Agree 12 19
  Strongly agree 50 56
  missing 4 1
Total words used (excluding stop words) (%) (Wald = 22, p < 0.00)
   < 32 29 0
  33–73 29 0
  74–110 28 3
  111–151 13 36
  152–197 1 61
Christian (%) (Wald = 8, p = 0.01)
  0 32 28
  1 68 72
Other religion (%) (Wald = 7, p = 0.01)
  0 93 86
  1 6 14
  1. LL log-likelihood, L2 likelihood-ratio chi-squared statistic, df degrees of freedom
  2. Results for indicators represent percentages; numbers for covariates represent counts (n)