H. Daniel|Andrés Sandoval-Hernández|Oliver Lüdtke
Cultural, social, and economic capital constructs in international assessments: an evaluation using exploratory structural equation modeling
University of Oxford|Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
abstractthe article employs exploratory structural equation modeling esem evaluate constructs economic cultural social capital international largescale assessment lsa data progress international reading literacy study pirls 2006 programme international student assessment pisa 2009 esem integrates theorygenerating approach exploratory factor analysis efa theorytesting approach confirmatory factor analysis cfa relaxes zeroloading restriction cfa allowing items load different factors simultaneously provides measurement invariance tests across countries available efa main criticism international lsa studies extended use indicators poorly grounded theory like socioeconomic status prevent study mechanisms underlying associations student outcomes article contributes addressing criticism providing statistical criteria evaluate fit welldefined sociological constructs empirical datakeywords exploratory structural equation modelingcultural capitalsocial capitalmultigroup analysispirlspisa acknowledgementsduring course investigation daniel caro research analyst ieadpc authors would like thank participants symposium measuring student home background large crossnational studies conceptual methodological issues annual meeting american educational research association 2012 two anonymous reviewers helpful commentsnotes1 heuristically values tli cfi greater 090 095 respectively reflect acceptable excellent fit data rmsea values less 005 008 reflect close fit reasonable fit data marsh hau wen citation20042 higher interfactor correlations introduce problems supporting discriminant validity recommended employ factor analysis interfactor correlations larger 05 gorsuch citation1983 crossloading magnitudes greater 03 indicative complex factor structures complicate interpretation rotated solution sass schmitt citation2010additional informationnotes contributorsdaniel h carodaniel h caro research fellow oxford university centre educational assessment oucea department education university oxford completed phd education freie universitt berlin masters degree interdisciplinary studies university new brunswick alumnus international max planck research school life course life research interests include education inequality international largescale student assessments quality examination marking mixed models crosssectional longitudinal settings causal inference observational dataandrs sandovalhernndezandrs sandovalhernndez head research analysis unit international association evaluation educational achievement hamburg germany earned phd education university bath uk andrs worked research associate universidad iberoamericana latin american faculty social sciences research work deals comparative analyses educational systems using largescale assessment data focus educational inequalitiesoliver ldtkeoliver ldtke professor psychological research methods humboldtuniversitt zu berlin received phd psychology freie universitt berlin worked research scientist center educational research max planck institute human development main research interests include application multilevel modeling psychological educational research international student achievement studies personality development adolescence