In defense of causal-formative indicators: A minority report

Causal-formative indicators directly affect their corresponding latent variable. They run counter to the predominant view that indicators depend on latent variables and are thus often controversial. If present, such indicators have serious implications for factor analysis, reliability theory, item r...

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Published in:	Psychological methods Vol. 22; no. 3; pp. 581 - 596
Main Authors:	Bollen, Kenneth A, Diamantopoulos, Adamantios
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01.09.2017
Subjects:	Causality Factor Analysis, Statistical Humans Models, Statistical Psychology - methods Reproducibility of Results
ISSN:	1939-1463
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