This article provides a summary and discussion of major challenges and pitfalls in factor
analysis as observed in psychological assessment research, as well as our …

Traditionally, the visual analogue scale (VAS) has been proposed to overcome the
limitations of ordinal measures from Likert-type scales. However, the function of VASs to …

We surveyed all articles in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JPSP),
Psychological Science (PS), and the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General (JEP: G) …

This article considers the identification conditions of confirmatory factor analysis (CFA)
models for ordered categorical outcomes with invariance of different types of parameters …

A simulation study compared the performance of robust normal theory maximum likelihood
(ML) and robust categorical least squares (cat-LS) methodology for estimating confirmatory …

One of the strengths of structural equation model ing (SEM) is the ability to test models that
represent a complex set of theoretical hypotheses. The set of hypothesized relationships is …

Most methodological fields undertake regular critical reflections to ensure rigorous research
and publication practices, and, consequently, acceptance in their domain. Interestingly …

This book reviews the statistical procedures used to detect measurement bias. Measurement
bias is examined from a general latent variable perspective so as to accommodate different …

Parallel analysis (PA) is an often-recommended approach for assessment of the
dimensionality of a variable set. PA is known in different variants, which may yield different …

Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) methods are used extensively in the field of assessment
and evaluation. Due to EFA’ s widespread use, common methods and practices have …