Table 10.
Loadings’ convergence rate scale level - invariance scenario
| Convergence rate scale level - loadings | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | C | J | MG-CCFA | MG-IRT LoR | MG-IRT LRT |
| 250 | 3 | 5 | 0.996 | 0.992 | 1 |
| 25 | 1 | 0.998 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 25 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1000 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 25 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
The bold entries were used to distinguish between design factors and do not refer to results
Note. MG-CCFA = Multiple-group categorical confirmatory factor analysis; MG-IRT LoR = Logistic regression with MG-IRT; MG-IRT LRT = Likelihood-ratio test with MG-IRT; N = Sample size within each group; C = Number of categories; J = Number of items