The Reynolds Intellectual Assessment Scales: Measurement Invariance across Four Language Groups

Autor/inn/en	Gygi, Jasmin T.; Ledermann, Thomas; Grob, Alexander; Rudaz, Myriam; Hagmann-von Arx, Priska
Titel	The Reynolds Intellectual Assessment Scales: Measurement Invariance across Four Language Groups
Quelle	In: Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 37 (2019) 5, S.590-602 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Ledermann, Thomas)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0734-2829
DOI	10.1177/0734282918780565
Schlagwörter	Factor Analysis; Factor Structure; Intelligence Tests; Verbal Ability; Nonverbal Ability; Standardized Tests; Error of Measurement; Cross Cultural Studies; Indo European Languages; Spanish; German; English; Test Reliability; Foreign Countries; Goodness of Fit; Age Differences; Gender Differences; Denmark; Switzerland; Germany; Spain; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Faktorenanalyse; Faktorenstruktur; Intelligence test; Intelligenztest; Mündliche Leistung; Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; Messfehler; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Indoeuropäisch; Spanisch; Deutscher; English language; Englisch; Testreliabilität; Ausland; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Dänemark; Schweiz; Deutschland; Spanien; USA
Abstract	The Reynolds Intellectual Assessment Scales (RIAS) measures general intelligence and its two main components, verbal and nonverbal intelligence, each comprising of two subtests. The RIAS has been recently standardized in Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, and Spain. Using the standardization samples of the U.S. (n = 2,438), Danish (n = 983), German (n = 2,103), and Spanish (n = 1,933) versions of the RIAS, this study examined measurement invariance across these four language groups for a single-factor structure, an oblique two-factor structure with a verbal and nonverbal factor, and a bifactor structure with a general, a verbal, and a nonverbal factor. Single-group confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) supported the oblique two-factor and bifactor structure for each language group but not the single-factor structure. The bifactor analysis revealed that the general factor accounted for the largest proportion of common variance in each language group, while the amount of variance accounted for by the two specific factors was small and their reliabilities low. Multiple-group CFA supported scalar invariance in both, the oblique two-factor and bifactor structure. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01