Table 6 Results of invariance measurement testing using permutation.
Constructs | Configurational invariance (Step 1) | Compositional invariance (Step 2) | Partial measurement invariance | Equal mean assessment (Step 3a) | Equal variance assessment (Step 3b) | Full measurement invariance | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Original correlation | 5.0% | Original differences | Confidence interval | Equal | Original differences | Confidence interval | Equal | ||||
BI | Yes | 1.000 | 1.000 | Yes | −0.077 | [−0.169,0.157] | Yes | −0.255 | [−0.274,0.262] | Yes | Yes |
DIS | Yes | 1.000 | 1.000 | Yes | 0.043 | [−0.175,0.159] | Yes | −0.383 | [−0.343,0.329] | No | No |
INN | Yes | 1.000 | 0.999 | Yes | −0.054 | [−0.172,0.175] | Yes | −0.022 | [−0.471,0.482] | Yes | Yes |
INS | Yes | 1.000 | 1.000 | Yes | 0.159 | [−0.169,0.157] | Yes | −0.338 | [−0.337,0.351] | Yes | Yes |
OPT | Yes | 1.000 | 1.000 | Yes | −0.173 | [−0.163,0.167] | No | −0.121 | [−0.264,0.264] | Yes | No |
UB | Yes | 1.000 | 1.000 | Yes | −0.136 | [−0.157,0.157] | Yes | −0.398 | [−0.292,0.290] | No | No |
