방법 비교

	다집단 문항 반응 함수 (MG-DIF)	다집단 확인적 요인분석 (MG-CFA)
분야	심리측정학	심리측정학
계열	Latent structure	Latent structure
기원 연도	1980s-1990s	1971
창시자	Shealy & Stout (SIBTEST framework); Lord (IRT-based DIF)	Karl Jöreskog
유형	Measurement bias detection	Measurement model / invariance test
원전	Millsap, R. E. (2012). Statistical Approaches to Measurement Invariance. Routledge. ISBN: 978-1848728936	Vandenberg, R. J. & Lance, C. E. (2000). A review and synthesis of the measurement invariance literature: Suggestions, practices, and recommendations for organizational research. Organizational Research Methods, 3(1), 4–70.
별칭	MG-DIF, multi-group DIF, differential item functioning across groups, multiple-group DIF analysis	MG-CFA, multi-group CFA, measurement invariance testing, multi-sample CFA
관련	6	6
요약	Multi-group differential item functioning examines whether test or scale items function equivalently across three or more distinct groups — such as gender, ethnicity, or country — after matching respondents on the underlying trait being measured. Items that behave differently across groups threaten fair measurement and valid score comparisons.	Multi-group confirmatory factor analysis tests whether a measurement model holds equivalently across two or more groups — such as cultures, genders, or time points. By imposing increasingly stringent equality constraints and comparing model fit, it determines whether comparisons of latent mean scores are justified.