Assessing Extreme and Acquiescence Response Sets in Cross-Cultural Research Using Structural Equations Modeling
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- 1 March 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
- Vol. 31 (2) , 187-212
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022100031002003
Abstract
Extreme response styles (ERS) and acquiescence response styles (ARS) may constitute important sources of cross-cultural differences on survey-type instruments. Differences in ERS and ARS, if undetected, may give rise to spurious results that do not reflect genuine differences in attitudes or perceptions. Multiple-group confirmatory factor analysis is recommended as the most effective method of testing for ERS and ARS and determining whether cultural groups can be meaningfully compared on the basis of factor (latent) means. A detailed numerical example is provided.Keywords
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