Brief Description. The moderator variable (or construct) changes the strength or even the direction of a relationship between two constructs in the model. For example, prior research has shown that the relationship between customer satisfaction and customer loyalty differs as a function of the customers’ switching barriers. Using PLS statistic analysis we can have a construct with only one item? I am running analysis on SMARTPLS for factor analysis, what is the acceptable value for variable indicator.
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Also called control. Statistics. a person, group, event, etc., that is used as a constant and unchanging standard of comparison in scientific experimentation.Compare dependent variable(def 2), independent variable(def 2).
(in computer programming) a variable that is used to regulate the flow of control, or order of execution, generally the number of times a loop will execute.
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