For any such use of scale scores, there is a critical assumption that the scale is measuring the same trait in all of the groups. If that assumption holds, then comparisons and analyses of those scores are acceptable and yield meaningful interpretations. But if that assumption is not true, then such comparisons and analyses do not yield meaningful results. This is the general issue of (MI). mea...

The Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ) is a widely used selfreport instrument to measure student motivation and self-regulated learning strategies at the course-specific level (i.e. an individual course or subject domain). The present study sought to explore the utility of the MSLQ in measuring student motivation and selfregulated learning strategies at the general school le...

results the results show that the individual and demographic factor (idf), organizational factor (of), h & s training factor (tf), workplace-human factor (whf), factor related to type of accident occurrence (taf), h & s risk management system factor (rmsf), and accident time factor (atf) were considered to be effective and significant independent latent factors in occupational injuries. conclus...

Rudolf R. Sinkovics (Ph.D., Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration) is a lecturer, University of Manchester, Manchester Business School, United Kingdom. ABSTRACT: This paper offers a new methodological framework to guide researchers attempting to quantitatively assess how a pluralistic audience perceives a standardized television advertisement. Rasch (1960) measurement theor...

Structural equation modeling (SEM) software commonly report information criteria, like the AIC, for model under investigation and unconstrained/saturated model. With these (non-)nested models can be compared. This comes down to evaluating equalities (e.g., setting some paths equal or 0). These criteria cannot evaluate inequality restrictions on parameters, while AIC-type criterion called GORICA...

a r t i c l e i n f o Research on educational outcomes conceptualizes socioeconomic condition as a multidimensional construct. Quantitative empirical investigations are generally based on single, composite indicators. However, the use of single, composite indicators does not reveal what mechanisms determine inequalities. We use multigroup confirmatory factor analysis and alignment optimization ...

The cross-ethnic measurement equivalence of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D; L. S. Radloff, 1977) was examined using a subsample of adolescents (N=10,691) from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. Configural and metric invariance, as well as functional and scalar equivalence, were examined for Anglo American, Mexican American, Cuban American, and Pu...

Recent usage data suggest job applicants are completing online selection assessments using mobile devices (e.g., smartphones) in greater numbers. To determine the appropriateness of this new technology, this study examined the measurement equivalence of selection assessments delivered on mobile and nonmobile devices (e.g., personal computers). Measurement invariance tests conducted with multigr...

Investigating sources of withinand between-group differences and measurement invariance (MI) across groups is fundamental to any meaningful group comparison based on observed test scores. It is shown that by placing certain restrictions on the multigroup confirmatory factor model, it is possible to investigate the hypothesis that withinand between-group differences are due to the same factors. ...