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ERIC Number: EJ174790
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1977
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The Common-Item Problem in Measurement: Effects on Cross-Cultural Invariance of Personality Inventory Structure
Cohen, Arie; Farley, Frank H.
Educational and Psychological Measurement, 37, 3, 757-60, Aut 77
Cross-cultural validity studies for psychological instruments may result in overestimation of structure invariance due to some items being scored on more than one scale. This problem, called the common-item effect, is investigated with some data from the literature. (JKS)
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Factor Analysis, Item Sampling, Multidimensional Scaling, Personality Measures, Scoring, Test Validity, Testing Problems
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Identifiers: California Psychological Inventory; Common Item Effect; Israel