Assessing the unidimensionality of measurement: A paradigm and illustration within the context of information systems research

Omega

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 107-121

  Segars, Albert H ^a,b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bowling Green State University   (United States)

Author keywords

End user computing; Psychometric measurement; Structural equation modeling; Technology diffusion; Unidimensionality

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; MARKETING; MEASUREMENT THEORY; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY THEORY;

ACCURATE MEASUREMENT; END USER COMPUTING; INFORMATION SYSTEM RESEARCH; MEASUREMENTS OF; PROPERTY; PSYCHOMETRIC MEASUREMENT; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELS; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION; UNIDIMENSIONALITY; UNOBSERVABLE;

FACTOR ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031066695     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0483(96)00051-5     Document Type: Article

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