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The Critical Importance Of Construct Measurement Specification: A Response To Aguirre-Urreta And Marakas, Stacie Petter, Arun Rai, Detmar W. Straub
The Critical Importance Of Construct Measurement Specification: A Response To Aguirre-Urreta And Marakas, Stacie Petter, Arun Rai, Detmar W. Straub
Computer Information Systems Faculty Publications
Aguirre-Urreta and Marakas (A&M) suggest in their simulation “Revisiting Bias Due to Construct Misspecification: Different Results from Considering Coefficients in Standardized Form,” that, like Jarvis et al. (2003), MacKenzie et al. (2005), and Petter et al. (2007) before them, bias does occur when formative constructs are misspecified as reflective. But A&M argue that the level of bias in prior simulation studies has been exaggerated. They parameterize their simulation models using standardized coefficients in contrast to Jarvis et al., MacKenzie et al., and Petter et al., who parameterize their simulation models using unstandardized coefficients. Thus, across these four simulation studies, biases …
Specifying Formative Constructs In Information Systems Research, Stacie Petter, Detmar W. Straub, Arun Rai
Specifying Formative Constructs In Information Systems Research, Stacie Petter, Detmar W. Straub, Arun Rai
Computer Information Systems Faculty Publications
While researchers go to great lengths to justify and prove theoretical links between constructs, the relationship between measurement items and constructs is often ignored. By default, the relationship between construct and item is assumed to be reflective, meaning that the measurement items are a reflection of the construct. Many times, though, the nature of the construct is not reflective, but rather formative. Formative constructs occur when the items describe and define the construct rather than vice versa.
In this research, we examine whether formative constructs are indeed being mistaken for reflective constructs by information systems researchers. By examining complete volumes …