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. 2015 Mar 25;75(6):954–978. doi: 10.1177/0013164415575147

Table 1.

Three Discrimination Parameter Conditions for the Bifactor Models.

Items Bifactor low
Bifactor high
Bifactor-like
G g1 g2 G g1 g2 G g1 g2
1-200 Cos(π/12) × MDISC Cos(π/2.5) × MDISC 0 Cos(π/6) × MDISC Cos(π/3) × MDISC 0 Cos(π/6) × MDISC Cos(π/3) × MDISC 0
201-400 Cos(π/12) × MDISC 0 Cos(π/2.5) × MDISC Cos(π/6) × MDISC 0 Cos(π/3) × MDISC Cos(π/6) × MDISC 0 Cos(π/3) × MDISC
401-600 Cos(π/6) × MDISC 0 0

Note. G = general factor; g1 = first group factor; g2 = second group factor; MDISC = multidimensional discrimination index.