Multi-group confirmatory factor analysis for testing measurement invariance in mixed item format data

Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 471-477

  Koh, Kim H ^a   Zumbo, Bruno D ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Binary and ordinal items; Measurement invariance; Multi group confirmatory factor analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 82055184760     PISSN: 15389472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22237/jmasm/1225512660     Document Type: Article

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