Identifying and minimizing measurement invariance among intersectional groups: the alignment method applied to multi-category items

This Element demonstrates how and why the alignment method can advance measurement fairness in developmental science. It explains its application to multi-category items in an accessible way, offering sample code and demonstrating an R package that facilitates interpretation of such items' mult...

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Main Authors: Gordon, Rachel A. (Author), Wang, Tianxiu (Author), Nguyen, Hai (Author), Aloe, Ariel M. 1975- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2023
Series:Cambridge elements
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Summary:This Element demonstrates how and why the alignment method can advance measurement fairness in developmental science. It explains its application to multi-category items in an accessible way, offering sample code and demonstrating an R package that facilitates interpretation of such items' multiple thresholds. It features the implications for group mean differences when differences in the thresholds between categories are ignored because items are treated as continuous, using an example of intersectional groups defined by assigned sex and race/ethnicity. It demonstrates the interpretation of item-level partial non-invariance results and their implications for group-level differences and encourages substantive theorizing regarding measurement fairness
Item Description:Also issued in print: 2023. - Includes bibliographical references
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (67 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:9781009357784
DOI:10.1017/9781009357784

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