Table 7 Findings of permutation-based invariance measurement testing.
Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3(a) | Step 3(b) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Construct | Configural invariance | Original correlation | 5% quantile | Compositional invariance | Mean differences | Confidence intervals (mean) | Equal mean | Variance difference | Confidence intervals (variance) | Equal variance | Measurement invariance |
EHF | Yes | 0.854 | 0.669 | Yes | −0.085 | −0.215,0.196 | Yes | 0.148 | −0.221,0.245 | Yes | Full |
RA | Yes | 0.850 | 0.640 | Yes | −0.101 | −0.198,0.205 | Yes | 0.287 | −0.324,0.369 | Yes | Full |
RP | Yes | 0.998 | 0.988 | Yes | −0.049 | −0.207,0.205 | Yes | 0.017 | −0.350,0.409 | Yes | Full |
EPB | Yes | 0.998 | 0.996 | Yes | −0.032 | −0.197,0.207 | Yes | 0.108 | −0.342,0.360 | Yes | Full |
ESN | Yes | 0.999 | 0.996 | Yes | −0.094 | −0.208,0.214 | Yes | 0.321 | −0.289,0.306 | No | Partial |
FSE | Yes | 0.899 | 0.891 | Yes | 0.029 | −0.205,0.203 | Yes | 0.205 | −0.301,0.341 | Yes | Full |
FL | Yes | 0.998 | 0.937 | Yes | 0.050 | −0.198,0.186 | Yes | 0.241 | −0.286,0.317 | Yes | Full |
EINT | Yes | 0.998 | 0.998 | Yes | −0.139 | −0.196,0.200 | Yes | 0.138 | −0.308,0.338 | Yes | Full |
