08/08/2025
📋 study demonstrates why measurement invariance matters📋
In a recent article published in Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research, Cheri Young & David Corsun (University of Denver) offered a beginner’s introduction to measurement invariance (MI) and assessed whether the current paradigm in hospitality research neglected issues of MI in studies focused on intra- or interpersonal or group membership-based differences
In this piece of inspiring work, the research team:
💡 Analyzed articles published in two journals and found that MI was not sufficiently assessed or reported by hospitality researchers
💡 Tested MI in one of their published articles, and revealed that their ignorance led to erroneous conclusion, generated inaccurate practical applications and posed risk to theory development
The team encouraged hospitality researchers to test for MI before analyzing mean differences in latent constructs when testing hypotheses involving intrapersonal change over time / differences in groups
The eCopy of this article is available in ’s OnlineFirst column now: 🔗 https://doi.org/10.1177/10963480251352225
DOWNLOAD and READ the paper if you interested in measurement invariance, measurement equivalence, intrapersonal change, cross-group comparisons, measurement non-invarianc
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