Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/73473 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
Working Papers in Economics and Statistics No. 2011-09
Publisher: 
University of Innsbruck, Research Platform Empirical and Experimental Economics (eeecon), Innsbruck
Abstract: 
The issue of measurement invariance commonly arises in factor-analytic contexts, with methods for assessment including likelihood ratio tests, Lagrange multiplier tests, and Wald tests. These tests all require advance definition of the number of groups, group membership, and offending model parameters. In this paper, we construct tests of measurement invariance based on stochastic processes of casewise derivatives of the likelihood function. These tests can be viewed as generalizations of the Lagrange multiplier test, and they are especially useful for: (1) isolating specific parameters affected by measurement invariance violations, and (2) identifying subgroups of individuals that violated measurement invariance based on a continuous auxiliary variable. The tests are presented and illustrated in detail, along with simulations examining the tests' abilities in controlled conditions.
Subjects: 
measurement invariance
parameter stability
factor analysis
structural equation models
JEL: 
C30
C38
C52
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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