claim that non-invariance of instruments is inconclusive and inconsequential in the field for
cross-cultural value measurement. In this response, we contend that several key arguments …

Determining whether people in certain countries score differently in measurements of
interest or whether concepts relate differently to each other across nations can indisputably …

One major threat to revealing cultural influences on psychological states or processes is the
presence of bias (ie, systematic measurement error). When quantitative measures are not …

Comparisons of means or associations between theoretical constructs of interest in cross-
national comparative research assume measurement invariance, that is, that the same …

Scholars study representative international surveys to understand cross-cultural differences
in mentality patterns, which are measured via complex multi-item constructs. Methodologists …

Measurement invariance testing has become an integral part of the methodological
repertoire in psychological assessment. Whenever researchers attempt to compare scales …

Unfortunately, it is still common to present comparative methodology as an inferior version of
conventional variable-oriented analysis (eg, King et al., 1994). The goals of comparative …

Over the last decades, large international datasets such as the European Social Survey
(ESS), the European Value Study (EVS) and the World Value Survey (WVS) have been …

Can quantitative evidence be valuable for qualitative research designs? Here, I first examine
recent arguments by qualitative methodologists who challenge the conventional view that …

The increasing importance of comparative studies across countries and over time has
encouraged the collection of survey data in diverse contexts and time points in recent …