Measurement Invariance Testing with Alignment Method: Many Groups Comparison

Autor/inn/en	Sirganci, Gozde; Uyumaz, Gizem; Yandi, Alperen
Titel	Measurement Invariance Testing with Alignment Method: Many Groups Comparison
Quelle	In: International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, 7 (2020) 4, S.657-673 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Sirganci, Gozde) ORCID (Uyumaz, Gizem) ORCID (Yandi, Alperen)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2148-7456
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Achievement Tests; International Assessment; Secondary School Students; Comparative Analysis; Factor Analysis; Statistical Analysis; Goodness of Fit; Program for International Student Assessment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Achievement test; Achievement; Testing; Test; Tests; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Leistung; Testdurchführung; Testen; Sekundarschüler; Faktorenanalyse; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	It is necessary to examine the measurement invariance (MI) among groups in studies where different groups are compared by using a measurement instrument. Most of the studies, measurement invariance is tested with multiple group confirmatory factor analysis. This model applies many model adjustments based on the modification indexes. Therefore, it is not practical due to too many large modification indexes while testing MI over many groups. Besides scalar model is a poor model fit when comparing many groups and so does not hold MI. In this study, the aim is to explain the basic concepts and processes of the alignment method which is offered as a new method for testing MI and illustrate an application on the real data set. In this study, measurement invariance among 56 countries including Turkey is tested with alignment method in order to set an example for researchers. For this purpose, the Instrumental Motivation Scale data, which is one of the psychological measurement instruments used in PISA 2015, was used. As a result of MG-CFA, it was found that configural invariance was ensured. The fit indexes of CFI and TLI were calculated as 0.982 and 0.946 respectively in this stage. After that, metric invariance was tested by considering the difference of fit indices obtained for the two stages. It was found that the metric invariance could not be provided. Alignment results show which countries hold MI and which do not. Besides it provides information which items have the most invariants for groups that hold MI. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education. Pamukkale University, Faculty of Education, Kinikli Campus, Denizli 20070, Turkey. e-mail: ijate.editor@gmail.com; Web site: https://ijate.net/index.php/ijate
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01