Measurement Invariance

• Main Author: Peter Schmidt (auth)
• Other Authors: Alain De Beuckelaer (auth), Rens Van De Schoot (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Psychology; Non-invariance; Partial Invariance; Structural Equation Modeling; bayesian statistics; cross national surveys; Measurement invariance; Approximate invariance; multiple group analysis
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Multi-item surveys are frequently used to study scores on latent factors, like human values, attitudes and behavior. Such studies often include a comparison, between specific groups of individuals, either at one or multiple points in time. If such latent factor means are to be meaningfully compared,...