DOAJ Open Access 2021

Effect of Dichotomization on the Latent Structure of Data

Karl Schweizer Andreas Gold Dorothea Krampen

Abstrak

We investigated whether dichotomous data showed the same latent structure as the interval-level data from which they originated. Given constancy of dimensionality and factor loadings reflecting the latent structure of data, the focus was on the variance of the latent variable of a confirmatory factor model. This variance was shown to summarize the information provided by the factor loadings. The results of a simulation study did not reveal exact correspondence of the variances of the latent variables derived from interval-level and dichotomous data but shrinkage. Since shrinkage occurred systematically, methods for recovering the original variance were fleshed out and evaluated.

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Applied mathematics. Quantitative methods Probabilities. Mathematical statistics

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Karl Schweizer

Andreas Gold

Dorothea Krampen

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Schweizer, K., Gold, A., Krampen, D. (2021). Effect of Dichotomization on the Latent Structure of Data. https://doi.org/10.3389/fams.2021.723258

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Tahun Terbit: 2021
Sumber Database: DOAJ
DOI: 10.3389/fams.2021.723258
Akses: Open Access ✓