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Cieciuch, Jan ORCID: 0000-0002-2291-8301, Davidov, Eldad, Algesheimer, Rene and Schmidt, Peter (2018). Testing for Approximate Measurement Invariance of Human Values in the European Social Survey. Sociol. Methods. Res., 47 (4). S. 665 - 687. THOUSAND OAKS: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC. ISSN 1552-8294

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Abstract

Measurement invariance is a necessary precondition for meaningful cross-country comparisons, and three levels have been differentiated: configural, metric, and scalar. Unfortunately, establishing the most stringent form, that is, scalar measurement invariance, across groups is difficult. Recently, Muthen and Asparouhov proposed testing for approximate rather than exact measurement invariance, as this may be sufficient for meaningful comparisons. Following their strategy, the results of cross-country approximate measurement invariance tests of the 21-item Portrait Value Questionnaire (PVQ-21) scale to measure values in the European Social Survey are presented (N = 274,447 respondents from 15 countries participating in all six rounds). Applying the new approximate method for the test of measurement invariance allows both using more moderate constraints of approximate equality of parameters across groups and exploring the extent of noninvariance. Approximate measurement invariance was established in almost all rounds for two higher-order values: openness to change and self-enhancement. In the case of the two other higher-order values, self-transcendence and conservation, approximate measurement invariance was established across a subset of countries.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Cieciuch, Jan UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-2291-8301 UNSPECIFIED Davidov, Eldad UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Algesheimer, Rene UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Schmidt, Peter UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-168501
DOI:	10.1177/0049124117701478
Journal or Publication Title:	Sociol. Methods. Res.
Volume:	47
Number:	4
Page Range:	S. 665 - 687
Date:	2018
Publisher:	SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
Place of Publication:	THOUSAND OAKS
ISSN:	1552-8294
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language FIT INDEXES; MEASUREMENT EQUIVALENCE; 20 COUNTRIES; COMPARABILITY; SENSITIVITY; COVARIANCE; TIME Multiple languages Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods; Sociology Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/16850