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Conference Paper: One statistical technique may not be enough: comparing measurement of psychological attributes across countries
Title | One statistical technique may not be enough: comparing measurement of psychological attributes across countries |
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Issue Date | 2010 |
Citation | The 7th Conference of the International Test Commission, Chinese University of Hong Kong Shatin, Hong Kong, 19-21 July 2010. How to Cite? |
Abstract | The aim of this study was to compare the impact of the statistical techniques on measurement outcomes of Collectivism and Individualism scales across two countries, New Zealand (NZ) and China, and five ethnic groups. Attributes of Collectivism and Individualism (AICS) were compared across undergraduate students from Mainland China and New Zealand. Two statistical techniques (t-test and k-mean cluster analysis) were used to compare the samples and identify differences. The mean scores on both Collectivism and Individualism for the Chinese sample were lower. These results suggest that mean scores (e.g., t-test) of psychological measures do not provide enough information for international comparison and are therefore more susceptible to response biases than population classification-based analysis (e.g., cluster analysis). Implications for other psychological measures are discussed. |
Description | A satellite meeting of the 27th International Congress of Applied Psychology, Melbourne, Australia, 11-16 July 2010, |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/128144 |
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Shulruf, B | en_HK |
dc.contributor.author | Zeng, M | en_HK |
dc.contributor.author | Watkins, DA | en_HK |
dc.contributor.author | Fu, H | en_HK |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-10-31T14:07:35Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2010-10-31T14:07:35Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2010 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.citation | The 7th Conference of the International Test Commission, Chinese University of Hong Kong Shatin, Hong Kong, 19-21 July 2010. | en_HK |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/128144 | - |
dc.description | A satellite meeting of the 27th International Congress of Applied Psychology, Melbourne, Australia, 11-16 July 2010, | - |
dc.description.abstract | The aim of this study was to compare the impact of the statistical techniques on measurement outcomes of Collectivism and Individualism scales across two countries, New Zealand (NZ) and China, and five ethnic groups. Attributes of Collectivism and Individualism (AICS) were compared across undergraduate students from Mainland China and New Zealand. Two statistical techniques (t-test and k-mean cluster analysis) were used to compare the samples and identify differences. The mean scores on both Collectivism and Individualism for the Chinese sample were lower. These results suggest that mean scores (e.g., t-test) of psychological measures do not provide enough information for international comparison and are therefore more susceptible to response biases than population classification-based analysis (e.g., cluster analysis). Implications for other psychological measures are discussed. | - |
dc.language | eng | en_HK |
dc.relation.ispartof | ITC conference | - |
dc.title | One statistical technique may not be enough: comparing measurement of psychological attributes across countries | en_HK |
dc.type | Conference_Paper | en_HK |
dc.identifier.email | Zeng, M: zengmin@graduate.hku.hk | en_HK |
dc.identifier.email | Watkins, DA: hrfewda@hkucc.hku.hk | en_HK |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 170761 | en_HK |
dc.description.other | The 7th Conference of the International Test Commission, Chinese University of Hong Kong Shatin, Hong Kong, 19-21 July 2010. | - |