Analysis Techniques for Exploratory Use of the Multitrait-Multimethod Matrix

Autor: Roger M. Heeler, Michael L. Ray
Rok vydání: 1975
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Zdroj: Educational and Psychological Measurement. 35:255-265
ISSN: 1552-3888
0013-1644
DOI: 10.1177/001316447503500203
Popis: Methods for analyzing the multitrait-multimethod matrix are reviewed and the results of their application to a classic data set are compared. It is shown that different analysis methods can yield different validity conclusions, and that the results obtained are partly dependent on the subjective judgments of the users. It is proposed that several analysis methods should be used in tandem on each data set and their results should be examined for convergence. Multitrait-multimethod matrices should be examined in an exploratory as well as validity testing mode so as not to waste their rich data content.
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