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It seems that to measure a latent construct such as caregiver burden, a multidimensional scale is used. Could you please tell me the advantage of multidimensional scales?

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Fanny

19 August 2021

It seems that to measure a latent construct such as caregiver burden, a multidimensional scale is used. Could you please tell me the advantage of multidimensional scales?

It seems that to measure a latent construct such as caregiver burden, a multidimensional scale is used. Could you please tell me the advantage of multidimensional scales?

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Leanne

18 August 2021

Pleasure.

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Fanny

18 August 2021

Thank you for the explanation.

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Leanne

18 August 2021

Latent variables are usually complex and not easily measured with a single item, so a multidimensional scale can assess different dimensions of a construct simultaneously.

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