600 Pages
by Psychology Press

600 Pages
by Psychology Press

600 Pages
by Psychology Press

Contemporary Psychometrics features cutting edge chapters organized in four sections: test theory, factor analysis, structural equation modeling, and multivariate analysis. The section on test theory includes topics such as multidimensional item response theory (IRT), the relationship between IRT and factor analysis, estimation and testing of these models, and basic measurement issues that... Read more
Contents: Preface. Roderick P. McDonald: A Personal Story. Part I: Test Theory. T.A. Ackerman, Multidimensional Item Response Theory Modeling. D.M. Bolt, Limited- and Full-Information Estimation of Item Response Theory Models. A. Maydeu-Olivares, Linear Item Response Theory, Non-Linear Item Response Theory and Factor Analysis: A Unified Framework. J.L. Horn, Neglected Thinking About Measurement in Behavioral Science Research. Part II: Factor Analysis Models. W.R. Krane, K.L. Slaney, A General Introduction to the Common Factor Model. R.E. Millsap, Four Unresolved Problems in Studies of Factorial Invariance. S.A. Mulaik, Looking Back on the Indeterminacy Controversies in Factor Analysis. M. Aitkin, I. Aitkin, Bayesian Inference for Factor Scores. Part III: Structural Equation Models and Related Methods. J.J. McArdle, The Development of the RAM Rules for Latent Variable Structural Equation Modeling. H.W. Marsh, K-T. Hau, D. Grayson, Goodness of Fit in Structural Equation Modeling. W.M. Hartmann, Resampling Methods in Structural Equation Modeling. J.H. Steiger, Comparing Correlations: Pattern Hypothesis Tests Between and/or Within Independent Samples. M.W. Browne, J.R. Nesselroade, Representing Psychological Processes With Dynamic Factor Models: Some Promising Uses and Extensions of Autoregressive Moving Average Time Series Models. H. Goldstein, W. Browne, Multilevel Factor Analysis Models for Continuous and Discrete Data. Part IV: Multivariate Analysis. S. Nishisato, On the Scaling of Ordinal Measurement: A Dual-Scaling Perspective. W.F. Velicer, S.M. Colby, Missing Data and the General Transformation Approach to Time Series Analysis. L.L. Harlow, Making Meaning of Multivariate Methods.

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"The book contains several important lessons for academics in general, several others for the quantitatively inclined, and still more for those truly immersed in test theory, factor analysis, structural equation modeling, and multivariate analyses. Some lessons appear between the lines and others in bold type."
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