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Testing rating scale unidimensionality using the Principal Component Analysis (PCA)/t-test protocol with the Rasch Model: the primacy of theory over statistics
Högskolan Kristianstad, Sektionen för hälsa och samhälle, Avdelningen för Hälsovetenskap I. Högskolan Kristianstad, Forskningsmiljön PRO-CARE. Högskolan Kristianstad, Forskningsplattformen Hälsa i samverkan.ORCID-id: 0000-0003-2174-372X
2014 (engelsk)Inngår i: Open Journal of Statistics, ISSN 2161-718X, E-ISSN 2161-7198, Vol. 4, nr 6, s. 456-465Artikkel i tidsskrift (Fagfellevurdert) Published
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Psychometric theory requires unidimensionality (i.e., scale items should represent a common latent variable). One advocated approach to test unidimensionality within the Rasch model is to identify two item sets from a Principal Component Analysis (PCA) of residuals, estimate separate person measures based on the two item sets, compare the two estimates on a person-by-person basis using t-tests and determine the number of cases that differ significantly at the 0.05-level; if ≤5% of tests are significant, or the lower bound of a binomial 95% confidence interval (CI) of the observed proportion overlaps 5%, then it is suggested that strict unidimensionality can be inferred; otherwise the scale is multidimensional. Given its proposed significance and potential implications, this procedure needs detailed scrutiny. This paper explores the impact of sample size and method of estimating the 95% binomial CI upon conclusions according to recommended conventions. Normal approximation, “exact”, Wilson, Agresti-Coull, and Jeffreys binomial CIs were calculated for observed proportions of 0.06, 0.08 and 0.10 and sample sizes from n= 100 to n= 2500. Lower 95%CI boundaries were inspected regarding coverage of the 5% threshold. Results showed that all binomial 95% CIs included as well as excluded 5% as an effect of sample size for all three investigated proportions, except for the Wilson, Agresti-Coull, and JeffreysCIs, which did not include 5% for any sample size with a 10% observed proportion. The normal approximation CI was most sensitive to sample size. These data illustrate that the PCA/t-test protocol should be used and interpreted as any hypothesis testing procedure and is dependent on sample size as well as binomial CI estimation procedure. The PCA/t-test protocol should not be viewed as a “definite” test of unidimensionality and does not replace an integrated quantitative/qualitative interpretation based on an explicit variable definition in view of the perspective, context and purpose of measurement.

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2014. Vol. 4, nr 6, s. 456-465
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Confidence Intervals, Dimensionality, Psychometrics, Rasch Model, Validity
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-12826DOI: 10.4236/ojs.2014.46044OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hkr-12826DiVA, id: diva2:743817
Tilgjengelig fra: 2014-09-05 Laget: 2014-09-05 Sist oppdatert: 2017-12-05bibliografisk kontrollert

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