ArticleBehavior research methods2024
The effects of careless responding on the fit of confirmatory factor analysis and item response theory models.
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Abstract
It is common to model responses to surveys within latent variable frameworks (e.g., item response theory [IRT], confirmatory factor analysis [CFA]) and use model fit indices to evaluate model-data congruence. Unfortunately, research shows that people occasionally engage in careless responding (CR) when completing online surveys. While CR has the potential to negatively impact model fit, this issue has not been systematically explored. To better understand the CR-fit linkage, two studies were conducted. In study 1, participants' response behaviors were experimentally shaped and used to embed aspects of a comprehensive simulation (study 2) with empirically informed data. For this simulation, 144 unique conditions (which varied the sample size, number of items, CR prevalence, CR severity, and CR type), two latent variable models (IRT, CFA), and six model fit indices (χ
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