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calculateAVE

Average variance extracted (AVE)

Description

Calculate the average variance extracted (AVE) as proposed by Fornell and Larcker (1981). 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 critera: 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

Fornell C, Larcker DF (1981). “Evaluating structural equation models with unobservable variables and measurement error.” Journal of Marketing Research, XVIII, 39–50.