Hello all,
I've got a dataset, but there is the following situation:
One construct (formative) have got 4 items, but each item is measured on d different scale (e.g., one on a 7-scale, one 5-scale, on as a dichotom)
Can SmartPLS handle such a situation? I'm thinking that all items are standardized by SmartPLS, but nevertheless, is could be a problem.
Thanks a lot for your help.
different measures in the same formative construct
Re: different measures in the same formative construct
It's not a problem.bubach wrote:Hello all,
One construct (formative) have got 4 items, but each item is measured on d different scale (e.g., one on a 7-scale, one 5-scale, on as a dichotom)
Can SmartPLS handle such a situation?
John
John J. Sailors, PhD
Associate Professor of Marketing
The University of St. Thomas
Opus College of Business
Minneapolis, MN
Associate Professor of Marketing
The University of St. Thomas
Opus College of Business
Minneapolis, MN
PLS doesn't make any distributional assumptions about the data, so a binary or dummy variable as you describe is not a problem, either with other similar variables or mixed with other types of variables.
John J. Sailors, PhD
Associate Professor of Marketing
The University of St. Thomas
Opus College of Business
Minneapolis, MN
Associate Professor of Marketing
The University of St. Thomas
Opus College of Business
Minneapolis, MN