IRT studies of many groups: The alignment method

IRT studies of many groups: The alignment method

Asparouhov and Muthen (forthcoming) presented a new method for multiple-group confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), referred to as the alignment method. The alignment method can be used to estimate group-specific factor means and variances without requiring exact measurement invariance. A strength of...

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Main Author: Bengt eMuthen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
Bayesian inference
invariance testing
maximum likelihood estimation
Factor means Invariance testing Country cmparisons
Approximate invariance Maximum-likelihood
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00978/full

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