Comparing results of an exact versus an approximate (Bayesian) measurement invariance test: A cross-country illustration with a scale to measure 19 human values

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue AUG, 2014, Pages

  Cieciuch, Jan ^a,b   Davidov, Eldad ^c   Schmidt, Peter ^d,e   Algesheimer, René ^a   Schwartz, Shalom H ^d,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b CARDINAL STEFAN WYSZY SKI UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY HIGHER SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Russian Federation)

^e JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Approximate measurement invariance; Bayesian analysis; Configural metric scalar measurement invariance; Exact measurement invariance; Multigroup confirmatory factor analysis; Revised Portrait Values Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906333717     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00982     Document Type: Article

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