Confirmatory tetrad analysis in PLS path modeling

Siegfried P. Gudergan, Christian Ringle, Sven Wende and Alexander Will

Journal of Business Research, 2008, vol. 61, issue 12, 1238-1249

Abstract: The authors propose a CTA-PLS assessment routine for measurement models. This routine applies confirmatory tetrad analysis (CTA) in a manner which is consistent with partial least squares (PLS) path modeling assumptions. The conceptualization employs a bootstrapping procedure to accomplish an appropriate statistical test examining vanishing tetrads in CTA-PLS. The approach allows distinguishing a formative indicator specification from a reflective indicator specification. Applications using experimental and empirical data demonstrate the usefulness and effectiveness of CTA-PLS. As a means of evaluating PLS path modeling results, the routine assists researchers in avoiding potentially unrepresentative consequences of measurement model misspecification.

Keywords: Confirmatory; tetrad; analysis; Partial; least; squares; Path; modeling; Measurement; model; evaluation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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