Psychometric Approaches for Developing Commensurate Measures Across Independent Studies: Traditional and New Models

Psychological Methods

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 101-125

  Bauer, Daniel J ^a   Hussong, Andrea M ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

integrative data analysis; measurement; multisample analysis; nonlinear factor analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CHILD; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; CHILD; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66349091570     PISSN: 1082989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015583     Document Type: Article

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