Comparer des méthodes

	Invariance de mesure par forme abrégée	Analyse Factorielle Confirmatoire (AFC)
Domaine	Psychométrie	Psychométrie
Famille	Latent structure	Latent structure
Année d'origine	2000s	1969
Auteur d'origine	Adapted from Vandenberg & Lance (2000) and Millsap & Kwok (2004) invariance framework applied to short-form scales	Karl Gustav Jöreskog
Type	Measurement equivalence testing	Hypothesis-testing latent variable model
Source fondatrice	Millsap, R. E., & Kwok, O. M. (2004). Evaluating the impact of partial factor loading and intercept invariance on selection in two populations. Psychological Methods, 9(1), 93–115.	Jöreskog, K. G. (1969). A general approach to confirmatory maximum likelihood factor analysis. Psychometrika, 34(2), 183–202.
Alias	SF-MI, abbreviated scale invariance, short-form factorial invariance, brief measure invariance	CFA, confirmatory FA, measurement model, restricted factor analysis
Apparentées	6	4
Résumé	Short form measurement invariance testing evaluates whether an abbreviated version of a psychological scale measures the same latent construct equivalently across groups or conditions. It applies the hierarchical multigroup confirmatory factor analysis invariance sequence — configural, metric, scalar, and strict — specifically to short-form instruments, ensuring that brevity does not introduce measurement bias when comparing subgroups.	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.