EFA/CFA AND SMART PLS

[fathu...@googlemail.com]

Respected Dr Neeraj and group members,

I am working on a model having several constructs, some of which are high order reflective-formative. For data collection, adopted scales have been used. For data analysis, I am using SmartPLS. I request for clarification on:

Is EFA/CFA still required? If yes, then can SmartPLS can be used for it?

Thank you and best wishes,

Fathullah Jan

AWKUM

[JUBIN KUMAR SAINI]

Respected sir/madam

1) SmartPLS is only use for CFA + Regression (Path Analysis)

2) EFA is not available in SmartPLS, you either need to done it in SPSS or Rstudio.

3) if you have adopted questionnaire then you need not to go for EFA. 

EFA only applicable when existing theory is not available. 

If you have theory behind your questionnaire then you should go for CFA directly.

Thank you

Jubin Kumar Saini

Research Scholar

Mittal School of Business LPU

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[Smita M]

Sir but if we are constructing a formative construct which does not exist SD factor analysis be done first...

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[Fathullah Jan]

Thank you respected group members for your valuable inputs. It is of great help for me.

Best wishes

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