Collection article | Sammelwerksbeitrag
Towards a theory of bias and equivalence
"Bias refers to the presence of nuisance factors in cross-cultural research. Three types of bias are distinguished, depending on whether the nuisance factor is located at the level of the construct (construct bias), the measurement instrument as a whole (method bias) or the items (item bias or differential item functioning). Equivalence refers to the measurement level characteristics that apply to cross-cultural score comparisons; three types of equivalence are defined: construct (identity of constructs across cultures), measurement unit (identity of measurement unit), and scalar equivalence (identity of measurement unit and scale origin). Bias often jeopardizes equivalence. Implications of the occurrence of bias on equivalence are described. Examples of how equivalence can be enhanced in multilingual studies are given." (author's abstract)
- Alternative title
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In Richtung einer Theorie über Verzerrung und Äquivalenz
- ISBN
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3-924220-13-1
- Extent
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Seite(n): 41-65
- Language
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Englisch
- Notes
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Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet
- Bibliographic citation
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Cross-cultural survey equivalence; ZUMA-Nachrichten Spezial (3)
- Subject
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Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie
Erhebungstechniken und Analysetechniken der Sozialwissenschaften
empirische Sozialforschung
Daten
Analyse
Methodologie
Theorie
Messung
Forschungspraxis
Fehler
interkultureller Vergleich
Indikator
deskriptive Studie
Theorieanwendung
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Vijver, Fons J.R. van de
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Herstellung
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Harkness, Janet
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
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Zentrum für Umfragen, Methoden und Analysen -ZUMA-
- (where)
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Deutschland, Mannheim
- (when)
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1998
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-49731-1
- Rights
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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
- Last update
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21.06.2024, 4:27 PM CEST
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Object type
- Sammelwerksbeitrag
Associated
- Vijver, Fons J.R. van de
- Harkness, Janet
- Zentrum für Umfragen, Methoden und Analysen -ZUMA-
Time of origin
- 1998
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