SEMinR Lecture Series - REF-REF and REF-FOR Higher Order Construct Analysis

SEMinR Lecture Series REF-REF and REF-FOR Construct

SEMinR Lecture Series

This session is focused on how to estimate and validate REF-REF and REF-FOR Higher Order Constructs using SEMinR in Cran R

Reflective-Formative Higher Order Construct

  • A Reflective-Formative model is one where the first order has reflective indicators while in the second order the dimensions are formative. Here is how it looks

Steps in Analyzing Reflective-Reflective and Reflective-Formative Higher Order Construct

Step 1: Asses the Reliability and Validity for all the Lower Order Reflective Constructs (No matter whether they belong to a Reflective or Formative Higher Order Construct)

Step 2: Assess the Reliability and Validity of the Higher Order Reflective-Reflective Construct (At the Second Order/Level). Also include any reflective LOCs when assessing the Reliability and Validity of the Higher Order Ref-Ref model.

Step 3: Assess the Validity of the Higher/Second Order Formative Construct (Assess Collinearity, Indicators Weight, Factor Loadings).

Step 4: Evaluate the Structural Model

  • Collinearity Diagnostics
  • Assess the Structural Relationships
  • Explanatory Power

Example

  • The example model for this session is
  • Blue Solid Line: Reflective-Reflective
  • Red Dots: Reflective-Formative
  • Green Dashes: Lower Order Construct

Step 1: SEMinR Code

Step 2: SEMinR Code

Video Tutorial

Reference

Hair Jr, J. F., Hult, G. T. M., Ringle, C. M., Sarstedt, M., Danks, N. P., & Ray, S. (2021). Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) Using R: A Workbook.

Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) Using R

The tutorials on SEMinR are based on the mentioned book. The book is open source and available for download under this link.

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