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The Issue Of Measurement Invariance Revisited

Byrne, Barbara M., Watkins, David·2003·Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
DOI 10.1177/0022022102250225
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The purposes of this study were twofold: (a) based on the analysis of covariance structures, to test for the equivalence of a well-known measuring instrument across two culturally diverse groups and (b) provided with findings of nonequivalent items, to identify possible determinants of their noninvariance; post hoc investigations included tests for evidence of item bias using an ANOVA-based approach and examination of graphical displays of item response and distributional patterns. Example data comprised item responses to the four nonacademic subscales of the Self Description Questionnaire I (SDQ-I) for Australian ( N = 497) and Nigerian ( N = 439) adolescents. Despite similarly specified and well-fitting factor structures for both cultural groups, findings revealed evidence of both measurement and structural noninvariance. Results underscore previous caveats regarding interpretation of instrument equivalence; they add also to the growing body of skepticism that queries whether measuring instruments can ever be totally equivalent when used in cross-cultural comparisons.

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Authors
Byrne, B. M., & Watkins, D.
Venue
Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2003-03
Volume
34
Issue
2
Pages
155-175
ISSN
  • 0022-0221 (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-5422
DOI
10.1177/0022022102250225
OpenAlex
W2156765254
Cited by
489
References
31
FWCI
10.62
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
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journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)

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