MEANING
A formal account of how observed indicators relate to an underlying construct or latent variable.
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Use when describing indicators, scales, or latent constructs.Explain how observations stand in for a concept that cannot be measured directly.
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- specify a measurement model
- measurement model fit
- observed indicators
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The measurement model linked survey responses to the unobserved anxiety construct.
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Used in measurement theory and latent-variable analysis; distinguish it from the structural model describing relations among constructs.
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