POLYCHORIC AND TETRACHORIC CORRELATIONS IN EXPLORATORY AND CONFIRMATORY FACTORIAL STUDIES

Scientific advances and software development have increased the amount of exploratory and confirmatory studies in psychometric research. Regularly these studies use Pearson´s correlation coefficient, which was originally conceived to be used with continuous variables, and later was extended to categ...

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Autor principal: Freiberg Hoffmann, Agustín (author)
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author Freiberg Hoffmann, Agustín
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correlaciones policóricas
análisis factorial
variables categóricas
ítems ordinales
ítems dicotómicos
tetrachoric correlations
polychoric correlations
factor analysis
categorical variables
ordinal items
dichotomous items
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv POLYCHORIC AND TETRACHORIC CORRELATIONS IN EXPLORATORY AND CONFIRMATORY FACTORIAL STUDIES
CORRELACIONES POLICÓRICAS Y TETRACÓRICAS EN ESTUDIOS FACTORIALES EXPLORATORIOS Y CONFIRMATORIOS
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description Scientific advances and software development have increased the amount of exploratory and confirmatory studies in psychometric research. Regularly these studies use Pearson´s correlation coefficient, which was originally conceived to be used with continuous variables, and later was extended to categorical items (dichotomous or polytomous). Currently, improved statistical packages allow scientists to carry on robust procedures, designed specifically for categorical variables, among which stand out tetrachoric and polychoric correlations. Since most of psychometric scales consist in dichotomous and polytomous items (mainly Likert formats), the analysis of such correlations becomes methodologically relevant. This paper presents some peculiarities about the use of these statistics, different software packages to facilitate their implementation, as well as the usual problems associated with its employment, and the possible solutions are discussed. 
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spelling POLYCHORIC AND TETRACHORIC CORRELATIONS IN EXPLORATORY AND CONFIRMATORY FACTORIAL STUDIESCORRELACIONES POLICÓRICAS Y TETRACÓRICAS EN ESTUDIOS FACTORIALES EXPLORATORIOS Y CONFIRMATORIOSFreiberg Hoffmann, AgustínStover, Juliana Beatrizde la Iglesia, GuadalupeFernández Liporace, Mercedescorrelaciones tetracóricascorrelaciones policóricasanálisis factorialvariables categóricasítems ordinalesítems dicotómicostetrachoric correlationspolychoric correlationsfactor analysiscategorical variablesordinal itemsdichotomous itemsScientific advances and software development have increased the amount of exploratory and confirmatory studies in psychometric research. Regularly these studies use Pearson´s correlation coefficient, which was originally conceived to be used with continuous variables, and later was extended to categorical items (dichotomous or polytomous). Currently, improved statistical packages allow scientists to carry on robust procedures, designed specifically for categorical variables, among which stand out tetrachoric and polychoric correlations. Since most of psychometric scales consist in dichotomous and polytomous items (mainly Likert formats), the analysis of such correlations becomes methodologically relevant. This paper presents some peculiarities about the use of these statistics, different software packages to facilitate their implementation, as well as the usual problems associated with its employment, and the possible solutions are discussed. El incremento de estudios exploratorios y confirmatorios en psicometría debido al avance tecnológico obliga a revisar su metodología. Generalmente estos estudios utilizan el coeficiente de correlación r de Pearson, diseñado para variables continuas y extendido posteriormente a las categóricas (dicotómicas o politómicas). Los paquetes estadísticos actuales permiten aplicar procedimientos robustos ideados específicamente para variables categóricas, entre los que se destacan las correlaciones tetracóricas y policóricas, cuya relevancia metodológica radica en que la mayoría de las escalas psicométricas se compone de reactivos dicotómicos y politómicos (principalmente formatos Likert). El presente trabajo expone en primer lugar particularidades vinculadas al uso de estos estadísticos, softwares que facilitan su ejecución, problemas asociados a su aplicación y posibles soluciones a los mismos. En segundo término se ejemplifican ambas metodologías tanto en análisis factorial exploratorio como confirmatorio.Universidad Católica del Uruguay2013-11-302025-12-22T16:34:12Z2025-12-22T16:34:12Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://revistas.ucu.edu.uy/index.php/cienciaspsicologicas/article/view/105710.22235/cp.v7i1.1057https://hdl.handle.net/10895/5346Ciencias Psicológicas; 2013; Volumen 7 (2); 151-164Ciencias Psicológicas; 2013; Volumen 7 (2); 151-164Ciencias Psicológicas; 2013; Volumen 7 (2); 151-1641688-422110.22235/cp.v7i1reponame:LIBERIinstname:Universidad Católica del Uruguayinstacron:Universidad Católica del Uruguayspahttps://revistas.ucu.edu.uy/index.php/cienciaspsicologicas/article/view/1057/1044Derechos de autor 2013 Universidad Católica del Uruguayhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:liberi.ucu.edu.uy:10895/53462026-06-16T06:51:27Z
spellingShingle POLYCHORIC AND TETRACHORIC CORRELATIONS IN EXPLORATORY AND CONFIRMATORY FACTORIAL STUDIES
Freiberg Hoffmann, Agustín
correlaciones tetracóricas
correlaciones policóricas
análisis factorial
variables categóricas
ítems ordinales
ítems dicotómicos
tetrachoric correlations
polychoric correlations
factor analysis
categorical variables
ordinal items
dichotomous items
status_str publishedVersion
title POLYCHORIC AND TETRACHORIC CORRELATIONS IN EXPLORATORY AND CONFIRMATORY FACTORIAL STUDIES
title_full POLYCHORIC AND TETRACHORIC CORRELATIONS IN EXPLORATORY AND CONFIRMATORY FACTORIAL STUDIES
title_fullStr POLYCHORIC AND TETRACHORIC CORRELATIONS IN EXPLORATORY AND CONFIRMATORY FACTORIAL STUDIES
title_full_unstemmed POLYCHORIC AND TETRACHORIC CORRELATIONS IN EXPLORATORY AND CONFIRMATORY FACTORIAL STUDIES
title_short POLYCHORIC AND TETRACHORIC CORRELATIONS IN EXPLORATORY AND CONFIRMATORY FACTORIAL STUDIES
title_sort POLYCHORIC AND TETRACHORIC CORRELATIONS IN EXPLORATORY AND CONFIRMATORY FACTORIAL STUDIES
topic correlaciones tetracóricas
correlaciones policóricas
análisis factorial
variables categóricas
ítems ordinales
ítems dicotómicos
tetrachoric correlations
polychoric correlations
factor analysis
categorical variables
ordinal items
dichotomous items
url https://revistas.ucu.edu.uy/index.php/cienciaspsicologicas/article/view/1057
https://hdl.handle.net/10895/5346