An External Validity Approach for Assessing Essential Unidimensionality in Correlated-Factor Models
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20282018 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pere J Ferrando (0000-0002-3133-5466, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, corresponding author), Urbano Lorenzo‐Seva (0000-0001-5369-3099, Universitat Rovira i Virgili), Urbano Lorenzo-Seva (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 79 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 437-461 |
| Publication date | 2019-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Educational and Psychological Measurement (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-1644 • E-ISSN: 1552-3888 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0013164418824755 |
| PMID | 31105318 |
| OpenAlex | W2918016576 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 37 |
Many psychometric measures yield data that are compatible with (a) an essentially unidimensional factor analysis solution and (b) a correlated-factor solution. Deciding which of these structures is the most appropriate and useful is of considerable importance, and various procedures have been proposed to help in this decision. The only fully developed procedures available to date, however, are internal, and they use only the information contained in the item scores. In contrast, this article proposes an external auxiliary procedure in which primary factor scores and general factor scores are related to relevant external variables. Our proposal consists of two groups of procedures. The procedures in the first group (differential validity procedures) assess the extent to which the primary factor scores relate differentially to the external variables. Procedures in the second group (incremental validity procedures) assess the extent to which the primary factor scores yield predictive validity increments with respect to the single general factor scores. Both groups of procedures are based on a second-order structural model with latent variables from which new methodological results are obtained. The functioning of the proposal is assessed by means of a simulation study, and its usefulness is illustrated with a real-data example in the personality domain
Confirmatory factor analysis · Econometrics · External validity · Factor (programming language) · Factor analysis · Latent variable · Predictive validity · Psychometrics · Statistics · Structural equation modeling · Test validity · Advanced Statistical Modeling Techniques · Clinical Psychology · Computer Science · Mathematics · Mental Health Research Topics · Psychology · Psychometric Methodologies and Testing · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |