Factor invariance between genders of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children - Fourth edition

Hsinyi Chen; Jianjun Zhu

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2008.04.008

Factor invariance between genders of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children - Fourth edition

Hsinyi Chen^*, Jianjun Zhu

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Special Education

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to test measurement invariance of the WISC-IV factorial structure between genders. Both 10 and 15 subtest sets were tested on a nationally-representative sample of 2200 children (males N = 1100; females N = 1100). Results from multisample analyses supported partial measurement invariance. Except for a few subtle discrepancies involving correlated error terms, the hypothesized model described the data for both sexes. Overall factor patterns, loadings, unique variances, and factor covariances of the WISC-IV generally did not vary with gender.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	260-266
Number of pages	7
Journal	Personality and Individual Differences
Volume	45
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2008.04.008
Publication status	Published - 2008 Aug

Keywords

Gender invariance
Multi-group SEM
WISC-IV

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Psychology(all)

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