Calculate the average variance extracted (AVE) as proposed by Fornell1981;textualcSEM. For details see the cSEM website
calculateAVE(
.object = NULL,
.only_common_factors = TRUE
)A named vector of numeric values (the AVEs). If .object is a list
of cSEMResults objects, a list of AVEs is returned.
An R object of class cSEMResults resulting from a call to csem().
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.
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.
assess(), cSEMResults