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Direct linkJordan, Pascal; Spiess, Martin – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2019
Factor loadings and item discrimination parameters play a key role in scale construction. A multitude of heuristics regarding their interpretation are hardwired into practice--for example, neglecting low loadings and assigning items to exactly one scale. We challenge the common sense interpretation of these parameters by providing counterexamples…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Items, Item Response Theory, Factor Structure
