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	Ανάπτυξη πολυτομικής κλίμακας	Επαληθευτική Παραγοντική Ανάλυση (Confirmatory Factor Analysis - CFA)
Πεδίο	Ψυχομετρία	Ψυχομετρία
Οικογένεια	Latent structure	Latent structure
Έτος προέλευσης	1969–1982	1969
Δημιουργός	Samejima, F.; Masters, G. N. (independently)	Karl Gustav Jöreskog
Τύπος	Psychometric scale construction	Hypothesis-testing latent variable model
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Embretson, S. E. & Reise, S. P. (2000). Item Response Theory for Psychologists. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. ISBN: 978-0805828191	Jöreskog, K. G. (1969). A general approach to confirmatory maximum likelihood factor analysis. Psychometrika, 34(2), 183–202.
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	polytomous item development, ordered-category scale construction, rating scale development, multi-category item development	CFA, confirmatory FA, measurement model, restricted factor analysis
Συναφείς	6	4
Σύνοψη	Polytomous scale development is the systematic construction and validation of measurement instruments whose items have three or more ordered response categories — such as Likert-type, rating, or partial-credit items. It applies polytomous item response theory models or ordinal factor analysis methods to evaluate item quality, estimate latent trait levels, and build a psychometrically sound scale.	Confirmatory factor analysis tests a researcher-specified factor structure against observed data. Unlike exploratory approaches, the researcher decides in advance which indicators load on which latent factor, and the model is evaluated by how closely the implied covariance matrix reproduces the sample covariance matrix. CFA is central to scale validation, construct validity assessment, and measurement invariance testing.