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Ferrando, Pere J. – Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2009
Most personality tests are made up of Likert-type items and analyzed by means of factor analysis (FA). In this type of application, the fit of the model at the level of individual respondents is almost never assessed. This article proposes procedures for assessing individual fit (scalability). The procedures are intended for the analysis of…
Descriptors: Personality, Factor Analysis, Personality Measures, Item Response Theory
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Geiser, Christian; Eid, Michael; Nussbeck, Fridtjof W. – Psychological Methods, 2008
In a recent article, A. Maydeu-Olivares and D. L. Coffman (2006, see EJ751121) presented a random intercept factor approach for modeling idiosyncratic response styles in questionnaire data and compared this approach with competing confirmatory factor analysis models. Among the competing models was the CT-C(M-1) model (M. Eid, 2000). In an…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Factor Analysis, Structural Equation Models, Questionnaires
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Hazlett-Stevens, Holly; Ullman, Jodie B.; Craske, Michelle G. – Assessment, 2004
The Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ) was originally designed as a unifactorial measure of pathological trait worry. However, recent studies supported a two-factor solution with positively worded items loading on the first factor and reverse-scored items loading on a second factor. The current study compared this two-factor model to a negative…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Psychometrics, Factor Structure, Questionnaires