A PRACTICAL AND THEORETICAL GUIDE TO MEASUREMENT INVARIANCE IN AGING RESEARCH
A PRACTICAL AND THEORETICAL GUIDE TO MEASUREMENT INVARIANCE IN AGING RESEARCH
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DOI：
10.1080/03610739208253916
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发表时间：
1992-09-01
影响因子：
1.8
通讯作者：
MCARDLE, JJ
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作者：
HORN, JL;MCARDLE, JJ
我们描述了因子不变性的数学和统计模型。我们证明了因子不变性是度量不变性的一个条件。在任何关于变化（如年龄）的研究中，测量不变性对于有效的推断和解释是必要的。阶乘不变性有两种重要形式：“构形”和“度量”。通过多组因素和结构方程建模分析（使用LISREL、COSAN和RAM等程序）说明了因子不变性测试和从强到弱的测试范围。这些测试是为了建立智力组织和年龄变化的模型。这些模型是根据当前流体（Gf）和结晶（Gc）能力理论推导出来的。这些模型是用WAIS-R在标准化样品中的测量结果来证明的。虽然这是一篇方法论论文，但关键问题和主要原则和结论都是用基本的英语提出的，没有技术细节和模糊的符号。数据分析的多变量方法的概念原则提出了实质性问题的重要性，为老化的心理学科学。
We describe mathematical and statistical models for factor invariance. We demonstrate that factor invariance is a condition of measurement invariance. In any study of change (as over age) measurement invariance is necessary for valid inference and interpretation. Two important forms of factorial invariance are distinguished: "configural" and "metric." Tests for factorial invariance and the range of tests from strong to weak are illustrated with multiple group factor and structural equation modeling analyses (with programs such as LISREL, COSAN, and RAM). The tests are for models of the organization and age changes of intellectual abilities. The models are derived from current theory of fluid (Gf) and crystallized (Gc) abilities. The models are made manifest with measurements of the WAIS-R in the standardization sample. Although this is a methodological paper, the key issues and major principles and conclusions are presented in basic English, devoid of technical details and obscure notation. Conceptual principles of multivariate methods of data analysis are presented in terms of substantive issues of importance for the science of the psychology of aging.