An Investigation of Unidimensional Testing Procedures under Latent Trait Theory using Principal Component Analysis

There are several generally accepted rules for detecting unidimensionality, but none are well tested. This simulation study investigated well-known methods, including but not limited to, the Kaiser (k>1) Criterion, Percentage of Measure Validity (greater than 50%, 40%, or 20%), Ratio of Eigenvalu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McGill, Michael T.
Other Authors: Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
Subjects:
IRT
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/29699
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11202009-224547/