The MIMIC model and formative variables: problems and solutions

AMS Review

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-17

  Lee, Nick ^a   Cadogan, John W ^b   Chamberlain, Laura ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Causality; Composites; Formative variables; Indicators; Measurement; Ontology; Philosophy; Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897787276     PISSN: 1869814X     EISSN: 18698182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13162-013-0033-1     Document Type: Review

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