Formative measurement and academic research: In search of measurement theory

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 281-305

  Hardin, Andrew M ^a   Chang, Jerry Cha Jan ^a   Fuller, Mark A ^b   Torkzadeh, Gholamreza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

causal indicators; fixed weight composite; formative measurement; optimum causal indicator weights; partial least squares

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651340560     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: 15523888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164410370208     Document Type: Article

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