Measurement Invariance Tests of Revisions to Archaically Worded Items in the Mach IV Scale

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dc.contributor.authorMiller, Brian K.
dc.contributor.authorMiller, Brian K.
dc.contributor.authorNicols, Kay M.
dc.contributor.authorNicols, Kay M.
dc.contributor.authorKonopaske, Robert
dc.contributor.authorKonopaske, Robert
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-23T15:34:56Z
dc.date.available2019-10-23T15:34:56Z
dc.date.issued2019-10
dc.description.abstractThe Machiavellian IV [1] instrument, developed almost 50 years ago to measure trait Machiavellianism and still in wide use in personality research, uses item wording that is not gender-neutral, makes use of idiomatic expressions, and includes archaic references. In this two-sample study, exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was conducted on one sample to examine the structure of responses to the Mach IV. In an independent second sample the resulting EFA structure was analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis-based measurement equivalence/invariance (ME/I) tests in a control group with the original archaic items and a treatment group with eight items rewritten in a more modern vernacular. Specific model testing steps [2] and statistical tests [3] were applied in a bottom-up approach [4] to ME/I tests on these two versions of the Mach IV. The two versions were found to have equal form, equal factor loadings, but unequal indicator error variances. Subsequent item-by-item tests of error invariance resulted in substantial decrements to fit for three revised items suggesting that the error associated with these items was not equal across the two versions.
dc.description.departmentBusiness Administration
dc.description.departmentManagement
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dc.format.extent16 pages
dc.format.medium1 file (.pdf)
dc.identifier.citationMiller, B. K., Nicols, K., & Konopaske, R. (2019). Measurement invariance tests of revisions to archaically worded items in the Mach IV scale. PLoS ONE, 14(10), pp. 1–16.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223504
dc.identifier.issn1932-6203
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/8721
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherPublic Library of Science
dc.rights.holder© 2019 Miller et al.
dc.rights.licenseThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
dc.sourcePLoS ONE, 2019, Vol. 14, No. 10, pp. 1–16.
dc.subjectMachiavellian IV
dc.subjectmeasurement invariance
dc.titleMeasurement Invariance Tests of Revisions to Archaically Worded Items in the Mach IV Scale
dc.typeArticle

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