Hello

I have started to explore finite mixture models; most of the literature
is a bit beyond me, but I am struggling through it (e.g. I have
McLachlan and Peel's book Finite Mixture Models.  I am currently using
the FlexMix package in R.

Does anyone know of a more introductory level treatment?

I am particularly interested in interpreting and reporting the
results....e.g., if I have a 3 component mixture of Poissons, then
output includes parameter estimates of each IV for each component, but
how best to interpret this in terms of what the model indicates about
how the IVs affect the DV across the components?  That is, substantive
interest is in how the DV relates to the IVs - not specifically in the
components.

Thanks in advance

Peter


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