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A more general model for testing measurement invariance and differential item functioning
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The evaluation of measurement invariance is an important step in establishing the validity and comparability of measurements across individuals. Most commonly, measurement invariance has been examined using 1 of 2 primary latent variable modeling approaches: the multiple groups model or the multiple-indicator multiple-cause (MIMIC) model. Both approaches offer opportunities to detect differential item functioning within multi-item scales, and thereby to test measurement invariance, but both approaches also have significant limitations. The multiple groups model allows 1 to examine the invariance of all model parameters but only across levels of a single categorical individual difference variable (e.g., ethnicity). In contrast, the MIMIC model permits both categorical and continuous individual difference variables (e.g., sex and age) but permits only a subset of the model parameters to vary as a function of these characteristics. The current article argues that moderated nonlinear factor analysis (MNLFA) constitutes an alternative, more flexible model for evaluating measurement invariance and differential item functioning. We show that the MNLFA subsumes and combines the strengths of the multiple group and MIMIC models, allowing for a full and simultaneous assessment of measurement invariance and differential item functioning across multiple categorical and/or continuous individual difference variables. The relationships between the MNLFA model and the multiple groups and MIMIC models are shown mathematically and via an empirical demonstration. (PsycINFO Database Record
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Metadata
- Authors
- Bauer, D. J.
- Affiliations
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- Corresponding author
- Bauer, Daniel J.
- ORCID
- Bauer, Daniel J.
- Venue
- Psychological Methods
- Published
- 2017-09
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 507-526
- ISSN
- 1082-989X (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1463
- PMC
- PMC5140785
- OpenAlex
- W2420991929
- Cited by
- 363
- References
- 20
- Citations by year
- 2026: 57 · 2025: 54 · 2024: 52 · 2023: 37 · 2022: 52 · 2021: 34 · 2020: 31 · 2019: 16 · 2018: 19 · 2017: 9
- FWCI
- 16.81
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Psychological Methods (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (R01 DA034636)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Social Sciences › Education › Educational Assessment and Pedagogy
- Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference
- Keywords
- measurement invariance, differential item functioning, moderated nonlinear factor analysis, latent variable models, measurement validity
- MeSH terms
- Data Collection, Data Interpretation, Statistical, Factor Analysis, Statistical, Humans, Psychometrics, Models, Statistical
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