title: Methods and frameworks for crosscultural measurement.
abstract: There is little agreement regarding best practices for constructing and assessing the quality of crosscultural measures. This paper discusses several topics that are relevant to further progress in this area: 1) a lack of consensus regarding conceptualizations of equivalence; 2) emphasis on shared methods versus shared meaning; and 3) the application of cultural theories to measurement problems. Future progress in crosscultural measurement will benefit from continued exploration of these issues.
authors.affiliation: Survey Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, USA. timj@uic.edu
authors.forename: Timothy P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D006801:Humans; D012015:Reference Standards; D012106:Research / Q000592:standards*; D012107:Research Design