Combining datasets for larger groups in MGA
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2018 4:19 pm
Dear members of the smartpls community,
I hope you can enlighten me on the following matter: Suppose you have the results of a survey e.g. a questionnaire about the individual contributions of employees to a specific networking platform. This survey was conducted in two different companies so you have two datasets of different sizes.
I built a reflective model in smartpls where I measure via different constructs (each consisting of multiple variables) the reasons why people contribute to a specific networking platform. All 25 items are measured on a 1-7 Likert scale.
I grouped the observations in four groups by age. The goal is to conduct a Multi Group Analysis to find the differences between the four groups. Unfortunately the size of each group using one of the datasets is too small for significant results.
Therefore my questions are: (1) Is it possible to combine the two datasets (of different companies) to get a larger overall sample and in the end larger groups for the MGA? (2) What tests ensure the "compatibility" of my datasets and can I conduct these tests in smartpls?
I am pretty new to smartpls and the matter of MGA. I tried to educate myself and searched for the past few days and read a lot about:
- intraclass correlation and anova (is this the right way to go?)
- pearson correlation (only for metric variables...)
- spearmans correlation coefficient (only about the relationship between two variables...)
- multilevel analysis (but this is more about aggregating variables than combining datasets if i understood this correctly)
- Omnibus Test, Levene Test and several other statistical tests (The problem here is, that I dont know how to apply these tests to my datasets and my model consisting of reflective constructs)
I scanned through:
- Klein, K. J., and Kozlowski, S. W. J. 2000. "From Micro to Meso: Critical Steps in Conceptualizing and Conducting Multilevel Research"
- Fichman, R. G. (2001). “The role of aggregation in the measurement of IT-related organizational innovation"
- Hox, 1995 "Multilevel Analysis"
- Bliese, 2000 "Within Group Agreement, Non-Independence, and Reliability - Implications for Data Aggregation and Analysis"
and several others but did not get much out of it in terms of practical advice.
Any help or a hint in the right direction would be highly appreciated.
Kind regards
Jan Hofer
I hope you can enlighten me on the following matter: Suppose you have the results of a survey e.g. a questionnaire about the individual contributions of employees to a specific networking platform. This survey was conducted in two different companies so you have two datasets of different sizes.
I built a reflective model in smartpls where I measure via different constructs (each consisting of multiple variables) the reasons why people contribute to a specific networking platform. All 25 items are measured on a 1-7 Likert scale.
I grouped the observations in four groups by age. The goal is to conduct a Multi Group Analysis to find the differences between the four groups. Unfortunately the size of each group using one of the datasets is too small for significant results.
Therefore my questions are: (1) Is it possible to combine the two datasets (of different companies) to get a larger overall sample and in the end larger groups for the MGA? (2) What tests ensure the "compatibility" of my datasets and can I conduct these tests in smartpls?
I am pretty new to smartpls and the matter of MGA. I tried to educate myself and searched for the past few days and read a lot about:
- intraclass correlation and anova (is this the right way to go?)
- pearson correlation (only for metric variables...)
- spearmans correlation coefficient (only about the relationship between two variables...)
- multilevel analysis (but this is more about aggregating variables than combining datasets if i understood this correctly)
- Omnibus Test, Levene Test and several other statistical tests (The problem here is, that I dont know how to apply these tests to my datasets and my model consisting of reflective constructs)
I scanned through:
- Klein, K. J., and Kozlowski, S. W. J. 2000. "From Micro to Meso: Critical Steps in Conceptualizing and Conducting Multilevel Research"
- Fichman, R. G. (2001). “The role of aggregation in the measurement of IT-related organizational innovation"
- Hox, 1995 "Multilevel Analysis"
- Bliese, 2000 "Within Group Agreement, Non-Independence, and Reliability - Implications for Data Aggregation and Analysis"
and several others but did not get much out of it in terms of practical advice.
Any help or a hint in the right direction would be highly appreciated.
Kind regards
Jan Hofer