%0 Journal Article
%T A New Measurement Equivalence Technique Based on Latent Class Regression as Compared with Multiple Indicators Multiple Causes
%A Jamshid Jamali
%A Peyman Jafari
%A Seyyed Mohammad Taghi Ayatollahi
%J Archive of "Acta Informatica Medica".
%D 2016
%R 10.5455/aim.2016.24.168-171
%X Measurement equivalence is an essential prerequisite for making valid comparisons in mental health questionnaires across groups. In most methods used for assessing measurement equivalence, which is known as Differential Item Functioning (DIF), latent variables are assumed to be continuous
%K mental disorders
%K measurement equivalence
%K latent class regression
%K MIMIC model
%K GHQ-12
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4949036/