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The Common-Item Problem in Measurement: Effects on Cross-Cultural Invariance of Personality Inventory Structure
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Cohen, Arie; Farley, Frank H. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1977
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
Kerlinger's Criterial Referents Theory Revisited.
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Zak, Itai; Birenbaum, Menucha – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1980
Kerlinger's criterial referents theory of attitudes was tested cross-culturally by administering an education attitude referents summated-rating scale to 713 individuals in Israel. The response pattern to criterial and noncriterial referents was examined. Results indicated empirical cross-cultural validity of theory, but questioned measuring…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Cross Cultural Studies, Educational Attitudes, Factor Structure