chapter 5
Testing the FactorialValidity of Scores From aMeasuring Instrument
Second-Order ConfirmatoryFactor Analysis Model
The application to be illustrated in this chapter differs from those of the previous chapters in two ways. First, it focuses on a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) model that comprises a second-order factor structure. Second, whereas analyses in Chapters 3 and 4 were based on continuous data, analyses in the present application are based on categorical data. As such, the ordinality of the item data is taken into account. Specifically, in this chapter, we test hypothesized factorial structure related to the Chinese version (Chinese Behavioral Sciences Society, 2000) of the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II; Beck, Steer, ...
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