Ringo M.H. Ho. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 75-81). / ACKNOWLEDGMENT --- p.2 / ABSTRACT --- p.3 / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.5 / LIST OF TABLES --- p.8 / Chapter CHAPTER 1 --- PREVIOUS STUDIES ON USING PROCRUSTES ROTATION TO ASSESS FACTORIAL INVARIANCE --- p.10 / Factorial invariance problem --- p.10 / Procrustes rotation with congruent coefficient as a way to test factorial invariance --- p.11 / Quantifying the Procrustes fit --- p.14 / Outline of the present study --- p.15 / Chapter CHAPTER 2 --- A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF THE PERMUTATION METHOD --- p.18 / Introduction --- p.18 / Method --- p.19 / Results and Discussions --- p.21 / Chapter CHAPTER 3 --- BOOTSTRAP TESTING PROCEDURE FOR A FULLY SPECIFIED TARGET --- p.24 / Introduction --- p.24 / A brief introduction to the bootstrap procedure --- p.24 / The bootstrap testing procedure for a fully specified target --- p.26 / Method --- p.28 / Results and Discussions --- p.28 / Chapter CHAPTER 4 --- BOOTSTRAP TESTING FOR A PARTIALLY SPECIFIED TARGET --- p.33 / Introduction --- p.33 / The bootstrap testing procedure for a partially specified target --- p.36 / Method --- p.38 / Quantifying the fit - congruence coefficients for the partial target rotation --- p.39 / Results and Discussions --- p.40 / Chapter CHAPTER 5 --- FURTHER EXTENSIONS OF THE BOOTSTRAP METHOD --- p.45 / Introduction --- p.45 / First extension - when correlation matrix is used --- p.45 / The modified bootstrap procedure --- p.45 / Method --- p.48 / Results and Discussions --- p.48 / Second extension - when raw data of the target sample is not available --- p.49 / The conditional bootstrap procedure for a fully specified target --- p.49 / Method --- p.50 / Results and Discussions --- p.51 / Chapter CHAPTER 6 --- THREE REAL EXAMPLES --- p.54 / Example 1 - Testing factorial invariance of CPAI between two random split samples --- p.54 / Results --- p.55 / Example 2 - Testing factorial invariance of CPAI between Chinese males and females --- p.56 / Results --- p.57 / Example 3 - Cross-cultural comparison of the Big Five Model between U. S. and Chinese samples --- p.58 / Results --- p.59 / Chapter CHAPTER 7 --- CONCLUSIONS --- p.62 / Practical remarks on the bootstrap procedure --- p.62 / A note on the transformation on the sample for constructing correct resampling space --- p.64 / Remarks on utilizing the congruence coefficients --- p.65 / How good are the congruence coefficients in detecting discrepancy between two factor structures? --- p.68 / Rule of thumb for factor congruence coefficient in checking factor replicability --- p.68 / Sample size requirement --- p.69 / Limitations of the present study --- p.70 / Direction of future studies --- p.71 / Concluding remarks --- p.73 / REFERENCES --- p.75 / NOTES --- p.82 / APPENDIX1 --- p.83 / TABLES 1 TO TABLES17 --- p.84
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_321963 |
| Date | January 1997 |
| Contributors | Ho, Ringo M. H. (Ringo, Moon Ho), Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Psychology. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, 103 leaves ; 30 cm. |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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