Your coefficient alpha is probably wrong, but which coefficient omega is right? A tutorial on using R to obtain better reliability estimates

DB Flora - Advances in Methods and Practices in …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Measurement quality has recently been highlighted as an important concern for advancing a
cumulative psychological science. An implication is that researchers should move beyond …

On exploratory factor analysis: A review of recent evidence, an assessment of current practice, and recommendations for future use

CJ Gaskin, B Happell - International journal of nursing studies, 2014 - Elsevier
Exploratory factor analysis (hereafter, factor analysis) is a complex statistical method that is
integral to many fields of research. Using factor analysis requires researchers to make …

Correction to: psychometric validation of the bangla fear of covid-19 scale: confirmatory factor analysis and rasch analysis

MD Griffiths, AH Pakpour, MA Mamun - International journal of mental …, 2022 - Springer
While carrying out some pooled analyses on various datasets concerning the psychometric
properties of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S; Ahorsu et al. 2020), we found some …

The Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for DSM–5 (CAPS-5): Development and initial psychometric evaluation in military veterans.

FW Weathers, MJ Bovin, DJ Lee, DM Sloan… - Psychological …, 2018 - psycnet.apa.org
Abstract The Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS) is an extensively validated and
widely used structured diagnostic interview for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The …

Fear of missing out: Testing relationships with negative affectivity, online social engagement, and problematic smartphone use

JD Elhai, JC Levine, AM Alghraibeh, AA Alafnan… - Computers in Human …, 2018 - Elsevier
In the present study, we empirically examined the “fear of missing out”(FOMO) construct and
its association with psychopathology-related and technology use measures. We carried out …

mirt: A multidimensional item response theory package for the R environment

RP Chalmers - Journal of statistical Software, 2012 - jstatsoft.org
Item response theory (IRT) is widely used in assessment and evaluation research to explain
how participants respond to item level stimuli. Several R packages can be used to estimate …

When can categorical variables be treated as continuous? A comparison of robust continuous and categorical SEM estimation methods under suboptimal conditions.

M Rhemtulla, PÉ Brosseau-Liard… - Psychological …, 2012 - psycnet.apa.org
A simulation study compared the performance of robust normal theory maximum likelihood
(ML) and robust categorical least squares (cat-LS) methodology for estimating confirmatory …

The rediscovery of bifactor measurement models

SP Reise - Multivariate behavioral research, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Bifactor latent structures were introduced over 70 years ago, but only recently has bifactor
modeling been rediscovered as an effective approach to modeling construct-relevant …

[HTML][HTML] The WHO-5 well-being index–validation based on item response theory and the analysis of measurement invariance across 35 countries

PE Sischka, AP Costa, G Steffgen… - Journal of Affective …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Background The five-item World Health Organization Well-Being Index (WHO-5) is
a frequently used brief standard measure in large-scale cross-cultural clinical studies …

A comparison of diagonal weighted least squares robust estimation techniques for ordinal data

C DiStefano, GB Morgan - Structural Equation Modeling: a …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
This study compared diagonal weighted least squares robust estimation techniques
available in 2 popular statistical programs: diagonal weighted least squares (DWLS; LISREL …