2002 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

IRT analyses for International Legal Consciousness Survey Data

Research Project

Project/Area Number	13610126
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	教育・社会系心理学
Research Institution	Nagoya University
Principal Investigator	NOGUCHI Hiroyuki Nagoya Univeresity, Graduate School of Education and Human Development, Professor, 大学院・教育発達科学研究科, 教授 (60114815)
Project Period (FY)	2001 – 2002
Keywords	legal consciousness / F-scale / Item Response Model / Polytomous IRT model / Factor Analysis / International Comparative Survey / DIF / Sampling survey
Research Abstract	In this study, International Legal Consciousness Survey Data in Japan, China, and USA are examined : 1) whether factor analytical structure of F-scale items are the same or not in the different country, 2) whether IRT scaling method are applicable to this data or not, and, 3) DIF analysis are applied to Japan and USA data. The results show that : 1) Factor analytical structures are different between Chana and Japan/USA, 2) IRT scales are successfully established in Japan and USA data, 3) DIF are detected in almost items in F-scale between Japan and USA.

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