calculateAVE: Average variance extracted (AVE)

In cSEM: Composite-Based Structural Equation Modeling

Average variance extracted (AVE)

Description

Calculate the average variance extracted (AVE) as proposed by \insertCiteFornell1981;textualcSEM. For details see the cSEM website

Usage

calculateAVE(
 .object              = NULL,
 .only_common_factors = TRUE
)

Arguments

.object	An R object of class cSEMResults resulting from a call to csem().
.only_common_factors	Logical. Should only concepts modeled as common factors be included when calculating one of the following quality criteria: AVE, the Fornell-Larcker criterion, HTMT, and all reliability estimates. Defaults to TRUE.

Details

The AVE is inherently tied to the common factor model. It is therefore unclear how to meaningfully interpret the AVE in the context of a composite model. It is possible, however, to force computation of the AVE for constructs modeled as composites by setting .only_common_factors = FALSE.

Value

A named vector of numeric values (the AVEs). If .object is a list of cSEMResults objects, a list of AVEs is returned.

References

\insertAllCited

See Also

assess(), cSEMResults

cSEM documentation built on Nov. 25, 2022, 1:05 a.m.