Misconceptions of Measurement Equivalence: Time for a Paradigm Shift

Publikation: Beiträge in ZeitschriftenZeitschriftenaufsätzeForschungbegutachtet

Authors

Structural equation modelers judge multi-item constructs against three requirements: (a) multiple items converge in a single dimension; (b) individual-level patterns of item convergence are invariant across countries; (c) aggregate-level patterns of item convergence replicate those at the individual level. This approach involves two premises: Measurement validity hinges solely on a construct's internal convergence, and convergence patterns at the individual level have priority over those at the aggregate level. We question both premises (a) because convergence patterns at the aggregate-level exist in their own right and (b) because only a construct's external linkages reveal its reality outreach. In support of these claims, we use the example of emancipative values to show that constructs can entirely lack convergence at the individual level and nevertheless exhibit powerful and important linkages at the aggregate level. Consequently, we advocate a paradigm shift from internal convergence toward external linkage as the prime criterion of validity.
OriginalspracheEnglisch
ZeitschriftComparative Political Studies
Jahrgang49
Ausgabenummer8
Seiten (von - bis)1068-1094
Anzahl der Seiten27
ISSN0010-4140
DOIs
PublikationsstatusErschienen - 01.07.2016

DOI

Zuletzt angesehen

Publikationen

  1. Strategies in Sustainable Supply Chain Management
  2. From Ideation to Realization
  3. Enterprise Integration
  4. Application of Machine Learning on Transport Spot Rate Prediction In the Recycling Industry
  5. Ablauforganisation in Arztpraxen
  6. Electromagnetic Energy Harvester for Battery-Free IoT Solutions
  7. Stereotyp
  8. Restricted nonlinear approximation
  9. Die Erinnerung im Gepäck
  10. Strategic Spatial Planning
  11. Acquiring 'different strokes'.
  12. Long-term results of a web-based guided self-help intervention for employees with depressive symptoms
  13. Forest-specific diversity of vascular plants, bryophytes, and lichens
  14. Non-native tree species (Pseudotsuga menziesii) strongly decreases predator biomass and abundance in mixed-species plantations of a tree diversity experiment
  15. Pia und die Dinge
  16. Begleitung von Lehrenden bei der Implementierung von Forschendem Lernen
  17. Soil and tree species traits both shape soil microbial communities during early growth of Chinese subtropical forests
  18. Who are the workers who never joined a union?
  19. Kinetic Spectra of the Planar Multipole Resonance Probe
  20. 'Crawling Jurisdiction'
  21. Scale-dependent species–area and species–isolation relationships
  22. Factors affecting fruit set in Aizoaceae species of the Succulent Karoo
  23. Editors’ Conversation with German Art Historians Oona Lochner and Isabel Mehl: Writing Like a Feminist—In Dialogue with Carla Lonzi
  24. Quality factors for the evaluation of sustainable redevelopment of masonry buildings
  25. Highly Flexible Final Production Stages
  26. Steering for sustainable development
  27. Petrus
  28. Bioremediation of Chlorinated Pesticides in Field-Contaminated Soils and Suitability of Tenax Solid-Phase Extraction as a Predictor of Its Effectiveness