alterlab-ssci-measurement-gate

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Gates measurement quality before a scale or instrument is trusted — checks that each construct is defined and operationalized, that reliability is evidenced with McDonald omega (not Cronbach alpha alone, which assumes tau-equivalence and is only a lower bound), that reliability is not confused with validity (content, criterion, convergent/discriminant construct validity), and that measurement invariance is tested before comparing groups. Use when asking whether a scale or survey instrument is valid, reporting a Cronbach alpha, building or adopting a multi-item measure, or comparing a latent construct across groups. For designing the questionnaire items prefer alterlab-survey-design; for running the confirmatory factor analysis prefer alterlab-sem-psychometrics; to execute basic statistics prefer alterlab-statistical-analysis. Part of the AlterLab Academic Skills suite.