Title

Measurement Development And Validation In Research: Statistical Techniques And Illustrations

Abstract

This chapter describes the importance of measurement in social research and education research. In order to validly compare across groups, whether it is age, gender, ethnicities, or cultures, measurement invariance needs to be established. This is accomplished through single-group and multi-group confirmatory factor analysis. The procedural approach is presented with a detailed illustration from real research in servant leadership in K-12 principals in the United States. Second-order confirmatory factor analysis is described due to its popularity. Procedural steps are cited, and an example is given for illustration. As a major statistical technique in instrument development, exploratory factor analysis is discussed and illustrated at the beginning of this chapter.

Publication Date

12-31-2014

Publication Title

Handbook of Research on Scholarly Publishing and Research Methods

Number of Pages

435-462

Document Type

Article; Book Chapter

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-7409-7.ch022

Socpus ID

84957378355 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84957378355

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