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Assessing the Quality and Appropriateness of Factor Solutions and Factor Score Estimates in Exploratory Item Factor Analysis

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    Identifier: PC:3486
    Authors:
    Ferrando, P. J.Lorenzo-Seva, U.
    Abstract:
    This article proposes a comprehensive approach for assessing the quality and appropriateness of exploratory factor analysis solutions intended for item calibration and individual scoring. Three groups of properties are assessed: (a) strength and replicability of the factorial solution, (b) determinacy and accuracy of the individual score estimates, and (c) closeness to unidimensionality in the case of multidimensional solutions. Within each group, indices are considered for two types of factor-analytic models: the linear model for continuous responses and the categorical-variablemethodology model that treats the item scores as ordered-categorical. All the indices proposed have been implemented in a noncommercial and widely known program for exploratory factor analysis. The usefulness of the proposal is illustrated with a real data example in the personality domain.
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    Author, as appears in the article.: Ferrando, P. J.; Lorenzo-Seva, U.
    Department: Psicologia
    URV's Author/s: FERRANDO PIERA, PERE JOAN; LORENZO SEVA, URBANO
    Abstract: This article proposes a comprehensive approach for assessing the quality and appropriateness of exploratory factor analysis solutions intended for item calibration and individual scoring. Three groups of properties are assessed: (a) strength and replicability of the factorial solution, (b) determinacy and accuracy of the individual score estimates, and (c) closeness to unidimensionality in the case of multidimensional solutions. Within each group, indices are considered for two types of factor-analytic models: the linear model for continuous responses and the categorical-variablemethodology model that treats the item scores as ordered-categorical. All the indices proposed have been implemented in a noncommercial and widely known program for exploratory factor analysis. The usefulness of the proposal is illustrated with a real data example in the personality domain.
    Research group: INNOVACIONS TECNOLÒGIQUES EN LA MESURA DE TRETS LATENTS
    Thematic Areas: Psicologia Psicología Psychology
    licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    ISSN: 0013-1644
    Author identifier: 0000-0002-3133-5466; 0000-0001-5369-3099
    Record's date: 2019-03-28
    Last page: 780
    Journal volume: 78
    Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
    Link to the original source: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0013164417719308
    Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Article's DOI: 10.1177/0013164417719308
    Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Journal publication year: 2017
    First page: 762
    Publication Type: Article Artículo Article
  • Keywords:

    Personalitat--Tests
    Psicologia
    Psicología
    Psychology
    0013-1644
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