Assessing Measurement Invariance for Applied Research (Educational and Psychological Testing in a Global Context)
Cambridge University Press, 6/3/2021
EAN 9781108485227, ISBN10: 1108485227
Hardcover, 250 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English
This book focuses on the practical application of statistical techniques for assessing measurement invariance with less emphasis on theoretical development or exposition. Instead, it describes the methods using a pedagogical framework followed by extensive illustrations that demonstrate how to use software to analyze real data. The chapters illustrate the practical methods to assess measurement invariance and shows how to apply them to a range of data. The computer syntax and data sets used in this book are available for download here: people.umass.edu/cswells.
1. Introduction
2. Observed Score Methods
3. Item Response Theory
4. Methods Based on Item Response Theory
5. Confirmatory Factor Analysis
6. Methods Based on Confirmatory Factor Analysis
Appendix
Author Index
Subject Index.