To cite tseLCA in publications, please cite the package itself, along with the methodological papers it implements:

Lee S (2026). tseLCA: Three-Step Estimation for Latent Class Analysis. R package version 1.0.0, https://github.com/SamLeeBYU/tseLCA.

Bakk Z, Tekle F, Vermunt J (2013). “Estimating the Association Between Latent Class Membership and External Variables Using Bias-Adjusted Three-step Approaches.” Sociological Methodology, 43(1), 272–311. doi:10.1177/0081175012470644.

Bakk Z, Oberski D, Vermunt J (2014). “Relating Latent Class Assignments to External Variables: Standard Errors for Correct Inference.” Political Analysis, 22(4), 520–540. http://www.jstor.org/stable/24573086.

Bakk Z, Kuha J (2018). “Two-Step Estimation of Models Between Latent Classes and External Variables.” Psychometrika, 83(4), 871–892. doi:10.1007/s11336-017-9592-7.

Lyrvall J, Di Mari R, Bakk Z, Oser J, Kuha J (2025). “Multilevel Latent Class Analysis: State-of-the-Art Methodologies and Their Implementation in the R Package multilevLCA.” Multivariate Behavioral Research, 60(4), 731-747. doi:10.1080/00273171.2025.2473935.

Corresponding BibTeX entries:

  @Manual{,
    title = {{tseLCA}: Three-Step Estimation for Latent Class
      Analysis},
    author = {Sam Lee},
    year = {2026},
    note = {R package version 1.0.0},
    url = {https://github.com/SamLeeBYU/tseLCA},
    institution = {Brigham Young University University of Arizona},
  }

  @Article{Bakk2013,
    author = {Zsuzsa Bakk and Fetene B. Tekle and Jeroen K. Vermunt},
    title = {Estimating the Association Between Latent Class Membership
      and External Variables Using Bias-Adjusted Three-step
      Approaches},
    journal = {Sociological Methodology},
    year = {2013},
    volume = {43},
    number = {1},
    pages = {272--311},
    doi = {10.1177/0081175012470644},
  }

  @Article{Bakk2014,
    author = {Zsuzsa Bakk and Daniel L. Oberski and Jeroen K. Vermunt},
    title = {Relating Latent Class Assignments to External Variables:
      Standard Errors for Correct Inference},
    journal = {Political Analysis},
    year = {2014},
    volume = {22},
    number = {4},
    pages = {520--540},
    url = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/24573086},
  }

  @Article{Bakk2018,
    author = {Zsuzsa Bakk and Jouni Kuha},
    title = {Two-Step Estimation of Models Between Latent Classes and
      External Variables},
    journal = {Psychometrika},
    year = {2018},
    volume = {83},
    number = {4},
    pages = {871--892},
    doi = {10.1007/s11336-017-9592-7},
  }

  @Article{Lyrvall2025,
    author = {Johan Lyrvall and Roberto {Di Mari} and Zsuzsa Bakk and
      Jennifer Oser and Jouni Kuha},
    title = {Multilevel Latent Class Analysis: State-of-the-Art
      Methodologies and Their Implementation in the R Package
      multilevLCA},
    journal = {Multivariate Behavioral Research},
    year = {2025},
    volume = {60},
    number = {4},
    pages = {731-747},
    doi = {10.1080/00273171.2025.2473935},
  }