Comparison of methods for adjusting incorrect assignments of items to subtests: Oblique multiple group method versus confirmatory common factor method

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 948-965

  Stuive, Ilse ^a   Kiers, Henk A L ^a   Timmerman, Marieke E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Comparative study; Confirmatory common factor method; Modification indices; Oblique multiple group method

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449779376     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: 15523888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164409332226     Document Type: Article

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