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Evaluation of Small-Sample Statistics That Test Whether Variables Measure the Same Trait

Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis

This study investigated the performance of five small-sample statistics (Lord's, Kristof's, McNemar's, Forsyth and Feldt's, and Braden's) that test whether two variables measure the same trait except for mea surement error. The conservative Type I error rates of the Lord and Kristof procedures and the liberal error rates of the McNemar, Forsyth and Feldt, and Braden procedures were corrected by determining appropriate critical values. Power comparisons were then made at the fixed levels. In general, the McNemar statistic was shown to be the most powerful. Finally, the ef fects of non-normality were investigated, and it was demonstrated that the Braden technique became very liberal, whereas the other statistics tended to be some what liberal at the .01 significance level and reasona bly robust at the .05 level. Index terms: Disatten uated measures, Measurement error, Monte carlo simulation, Non-normality, Small-sample statistics, Type I error and power rates.

Applied Psychological Measurement, Vol. 12, No. 2, 177-187 (1988)
DOI: 10.1177/014662168801200206


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