Table 1.
Three Discrimination Parameter Conditions for the Bifactor Models.
Items | Bifactor low |
Bifactor high |
Bifactor-like |
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G | G | G | |||||||
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; = first group factor; = second group factor; MDISC = multidimensional discrimination index.