Data-Generating Mechanisms Versus Constructively Defined Latent Variables in Multitrait–Multimethod Analysis: A Comment on Castro-Schilo, Widaman, and Grimm (2013)

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Data-Generating Mechanisms Versus Constructively Defined Latent Variables in Multitrait–Multimethod Analysis: A Comment on Castro-Schilo, Widaman, and Grimm (2013). / Geiser, Christian; Koch, Tobias; Eid, Michael.
In: Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, Vol. 21, No. 4, 02.10.2014, p. 509-523.

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title = "Data-Generating Mechanisms Versus Constructively Defined Latent Variables in Multitrait–Multimethod Analysis:: A Comment on Castro-Schilo, Widaman, and Grimm (2013)",
abstract = "In a recent article, Castro-Schilo, Widaman, and Grimm (2013) compared different approaches for relating multitrait–multimethod (MTMM) data to external variables. Castro-Schilo et al. reported that estimated associations with external variables were in part biased when either the correlated traits–correlated uniqueness (CT-CU) or correlated traits–correlated (methods–1) [CT-C(M–1)] models were fit to data generated from the correlated traits–correlated methods (CT-CM) model, whereas the data-generating CT-CM model accurately reproduced these associations. Castro-Schilo et al. argued that the CT-CM model adequately represents the data-generating mechanism in MTMM studies, whereas the CT-CU and CT-C(M–1) models do not fully represent the MTMM structure. In this comment, we question whether the CT-CM model is more plausible as a data-generating model for MTMM data than the CT-C(M–1) model. We show that the CT-C(M–1) model can be formulated as a reparameterization of a basic MTMM true score model that leads to a meaningful and parsimonious representation of MTMM data. We advocate the use confirmatory factor analysis MTMM models in which latent trait, method, and error variables are explicitly and constructively defined based on psychometric theory.",
keywords = "Sociology, constructively defined latent variables, CT-CM model, CT-C(M-1) model",
author = "Christian Geiser and Tobias Koch and Michael Eid",
year = "2014",
month = oct,
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journal = "Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal",
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publisher = "Psychology Press Ltd",
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