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This paper compares two alternative methods for measuring multidimensional poverty. This question has become extremely important in recent years, both in the scientific literature and in social policy. We propose to use latent class analysis to evaluate poverty in Spain. We make use of the...

In Taiwan, due to its relatively low development cost, groundwater has been the main source of water supply for most aquacultural industry in costal areas. The overdraft of groundwater has caused serious land-subsidence in many parts of Taiwan. In addition to providing enough surface water for...

Purpose – The paper investigates the suitability of the Rasch model for establishing data equivalence. The results based on a real data set are contrasted with findings from standard procedures based on CFA methods. Design/methodology/approach – Sinkovics et al. 's data on technophobia was...