Much ado About Nothing, or Much to do About Something?

Abstract

Short scales have become widely used in settings in which participant time is limited and when assessment would otherwise be impossible. Based on simulated data on the population level we investigate whether scale shortening affects the desired invariance of criterion-related validities as well as differences between estimated expected values of populations. We conclude that, under a unidimensional model, decreasing the number of items does neither affect criterion validity nor differences between expected values between two populations. It is, however, discussed, that possible problems of scale shortening can occur on the construct level and, practically more important, on the individual score level.

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