A note on the implications of factorial invariance for common factor variable equivalence

Maraun, Michael und Heene, Moritz (2016): A note on the implications of factorial invariance for common factor variable equivalence. In: Communications in Statistics-theory and Methods, Bd. 45, Nr. 14: S. 4181-4193

Abstract

There has come to exist within the psychometric literature a generalized belief to the effect that a determination of the level of factorial invariance that holds over a set of k populations j, j = 1..s, is central to ascertaining whether or not the common factor random variables j, j = 1..s, are equivalent. In the current manuscript, a technical examination of this belief is undertaken. The chief conclusion of the work is that, as long as technical, statistical senses of random variable equivalence are adhered to, the belief is unfounded.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Fakultät: Psychologie und Pädagogik > Department Psychologie
• Themengebiete: 100 Philosophie und Psychologie > 150 Psychologie
• ISSN: 0361-0926
• Sprache: Englisch