Identifying and Minimizing Measurement Invariance among Intersectional Groups

Download or read book Identifying and Minimizing Measurement Invariance among Intersectional Groups written by Rachel A. Gordon and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-07-06 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Element demonstrates how and why the alignment method can advance measurement fairness in developmental science. It explains its application to multi-category items in an accessible way, offering sample code and demonstrating an R package that facilitates interpretation of such items' multiple thresholds. It features the implications for group mean differences when differences in the thresholds between categories are ignored because items are treated as continuous, using an example of intersectional groups defined by assigned sex and race/ethnicity. It demonstrates the interpretation of item-level partial non-invariance results and their implications for group-level differences and encourages substantive theorizing regarding measurement fairness.