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Multilevel Metric Invariance: A Monte Carlo Simulation, Elizabeth Svoboda
Multilevel Metric Invariance: A Monte Carlo Simulation, Elizabeth Svoboda
College of Education and Human Sciences: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
Multilevel measurement invariance determines the extent to which a construct is measured in the same way across multiple hierarchical nested levels in the context of the current study. Lower-level parameter estimates may differ from parameter estimates based on higher-level aggregates in applied research settings. Multilevel metric invariance is a method to detect the presence of a noninvariant factor loading.
The purpose of the current study was to determine the utility of multiple-group multilevel – confirmatory factor analysis (MGM-CFA) for detecting metric noninvariance in nested data. The example context is noninvariance occurring between treatment and control classrooms with students (i.e., level-one) …