The use of polychoric and Pearson correlation matrices in the determination of construct validity of Likert type scales
Abstract
No matter how strong the theoretical infrastructure of a study is, if
the measurement instruments do not have the necessary psychometric qualities,
there will be a question of trust in interpreting the findings, and it will be
inevitable to make wrong decisions with the results. One of the important steps
in scale development/adaptation studies is to provide evidence of the
experimental validity. In order to reveal evidence of construct validity of
Likert type scales, to identify factor structures, to confirm previously
predicted structures, factor analysis is used. The primary issue to be examined
is the level of measurement of the variable and one of the leading decisions
that must be taken is which relation matrix will be used. This descriptive
research is based on the effects of using Pearson or polychoric correlation
matrix in the factor analysis. It is determined that items showed different
"item-total correlations", "loading values" and
“correlation coefficients”, different factor numbers emerged, different items
were removed out of the scale, confirmation status of the structure has
changed.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Studies on Education
Journal Section
Research Article
Publication Date
July 31, 2019
Submission Date
January 29, 2019
Acceptance Date
July 12, 2019
Published in Issue
Year 2019 Volume: 8 Number: 3
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