Share Paper: Invariance of Factor Structure in Different Booklets of a Large Scale Test

  1. Murat Doğan Şahin, Anadolu University Open Education Faculty, Turkey
  2. Özlem Doruk, Anadolu University, Open Education FacultyTurkey, Turkey
Wednesday, October 21 11:35-11:55 AM Paniolo I

Abstract: The purpose of this study is to test the invariance of factor structure in different booklets (test groups) of the Financial Management course mid-term exam, which approximately 160.000 Business Administration students took in 2014-2015 Fall Term in Anadolu University Open Education System. Within this scope, to specify the factor structure of the test, the whole data is put through exploratory factor analyses. Then, a type of structural equation modeling, multi-group factor analysis is carried out in order to confirm whether invariance of factor structure exists in four different test groups. As a result, it is found that perfect measure of ...