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- Source :
- Educational and Psychological Measurement, 83(3), 433-472. Sage Publications, Inc.
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Assessing the measurement model (MM) of self-report scales is crucial to obtain valid measurements of individuals' latent psychological constructs. This entails evaluating the number of measured constructs and determining which construct is measured by which item. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) is the most-used method to evaluate these psychometric properties, where the number of measured constructs (i.e., factors) is assessed, and, afterward, rotational freedom is resolved to interpret these factors. This study assessed the effects of an acquiescence response style (ARS) on EFA for unidimensional and multidimensional (un)balanced scales. Specifically, we evaluated (a) whether ARS is captured as an additional factor, (b) the effect of different rotation approaches on the content and ARS factors recovery, and (c) the effect of extracting the additional ARS factor on the recovery of factor loadings. ARS was often captured as an additional factor in balanced scales when it was strong. For these scales, ignoring extracting this additional ARS factor, or rotating to simple structure when extracting it, harmed the recovery of the original MM by introducing bias in loadings and cross-loadings. These issues were avoided by using informed rotation approaches (i.e., target rotation), where (part of) the rotation target is specified according to a priori expectations on the MM. Not extracting the additional ARS factor did not affect the loading recovery in unbalanced scales. Researchers should consider the potential presence of ARS when assessing the psychometric properties of balanced scales and use informed rotation approaches when suspecting that an additional factor is an ARS factor. ispartof: EDUCATIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT vol:83 issue:3 pages:433-472 ispartof: location:United States status: published
- Subjects :
- Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications
Social Sciences
ARS (acquiescence response style)
ROTATION CRITERIA
Affect (psychology)
Education
Psychology, Mathematical
EXTREME RESPONSE STYLE
NUMBER
Statistics
Developmental and Educational Psychology
EFA (exploratory factor analysis)
Psychology
Applied Psychology
Mathematics
Factor analysis
response styles
Science & Technology
LOADINGS
Acquiescence
Applied Mathematics
Psychology, Educational
MODELING ACQUIESCENCE
Rotational freedom
Exploratory factor analysis
BIAS
Physical Sciences
SCALES
SPECIFIED TARGET MATRIX
Rotation (mathematics)
response bias
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00131644
- Volume :
- 83
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Educational and Psychological Measurement
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....2a9dd393cdb955eee7723a80e9e0839d