APS

2025 APS Annual Convention · 2025

Consideration of Indicator Interchangeability Can Strengthen Construct Validation Efforts

Washington, DC · May 2025

Invited Symposium · Methodology

  • Ashley Watts
    Vanderbilt University

Abstract

Revisiting assumptions of indicator interchangeability in factor analysis can help adjudicate models beyond consideration of their fit. In this talk, I will use the example of the general factor of psychopathology and demonstrate how violations of indicator interchangeability threaten its construct validity.

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