Resolving difference score issues in information systems research

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 811-826

  Klein, Gary ^a   Jiang, James J ^b   Cheney, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Difference scores; Indirect measures; IS SERVQUAL; Polynomial regression analysis

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION USE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

COMPLEX RELATIONSHIPS; DATA CHARACTERISTICS; DIFFERENCE SCORES; INDIRECT MEASURE; POLYNOMIAL REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH MODELS; SERVICE QUALITY; SERVQUAL;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 72049105056     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/20650328     Document Type: Article

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