Research programme
Measurement comparability
Whether a measure means the same thing in every group being compared, and what follows when it does not. The longest-running line of work here.
- Studies
- 12
- Span
- 2009 to 2026
- Published
- 10
- Under way
- 2
Studies in this programme
Does an objective AI literacy measure travel across languages?
Multi-group invariance of an objective AI literacy test across languages and countries.
My child is best: how parents' affection distorts assessment scales
Parents rate their own children generously, and it bends the scale rather than just shifting it.
The neutral midpoint in rating scales
What the middle option on a rating scale actually captures, and what offering it does to the data.
Triangulating student, parent and teacher reports
What happens when the same skill is rated by three different people.
Testing for measurement invariance with latent class analysis
The method chapter: how to run an invariance test in a latent class framework.
Cross-cultural comparability of PISA 2009 scores
Whether PISA scales measure the same construct in every participating country.
Cross-national and cross-ethnic differences in attitudes in Luxembourg
One country, several language communities, and the measurement problem that creates.
Extreme response bias in cross-European attitude comparisons
Some countries reach for the end points of a scale more than others, and it looks like an attitude.
Ordinal items: factor analysis, item response theory and latent class compared
Three ways to test invariance on the same data, and where they disagree.
Essays on measurement equivalence in cross-cultural survey research
The latent class approach to measurement equivalence, developed end to end.
Researching measurement equivalence in cross-cultural studies
A review of what equivalence means and which tests answer which question.
Heterogeneity in solidarity attitudes across Europe
Solidarity attitudes compared across countries, once the measure is shown to be comparable.
Publications from this programme
- 2025Neither agree nor disagree: use and misuse of the neutral response category in Likert-type scalesMetron 83(1), 111-140Article
- 2024Simultaneous latent class analysis across groupsEncyclopaedia of Quality of Life ResearchChapter
- 2019Assessing students' social and emotional skills through triangulation of assessment methodsOECD Education Working PapersWorking paper
- 2018Testing for measurement invariance with latent class analysisCross-Cultural Analysis: Methods and ApplicationsChapter
- 2014Analysis of cross-cultural comparability of PISA 2009 scoresJournal of Cross-Cultural PsychologyArticle
- 2012Cross-national and cross-ethnic differences in attitudes: a case of LuxembourgCross-Cultural ResearchArticle
- 2011Measurement equivalence of ordinal items: a comparison of factor analytic, item response theory, and latent class approachesSociological Methods and ResearchArticle
- 2011Measurement equivalence and extreme response bias in the comparison of attitudes across EuropeMethodologyArticle
- 2010Essays on measurement equivalence in cross-cultural survey research: a latent class approachDoctoral dissertation, Tilburg UniversityThesis
- 2010Researching measurement equivalence in cross-cultural studiesPsihologijaArticle
- 2010Cross-national and cross-ethnic differences in political and leisure attitudes: a case of LuxembourgCEPS/INSTEAD Working Paper SeriesWorking paper
- 2009Measurement equivalence in solidarity attitudes in Europe: insights from a multiple-group latent-class factor approachInternational SociologyArticle
- 2008Measurement equivalence and extreme response bias in the comparison of attitudes across EuropeIRISS Working Paper SeriesWorking paper
- 2007Heterogeneity in solidarity attitudes in EuropeIRISS Working Paper SeriesWorking paper