Measurement equivalence and extreme response bias in the comparison of attitudes across europe

Methodology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 68-80

  Kankaraš, Miloš ^a   Moors, Guy ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Comparative survey research0; Extreme response bias; Latent class factor analysis; Measurement equivalence

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954599149     PISSN: 16141881     EISSN: 16142241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1614-2241/a000024     Document Type: Article

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