Construct Validity Assessment in IS Research: Methods and Case Example of User Satisfaction Scale

  • Authors:
  • Dewi Rooslani Tojib;Ly-Fie Sugianto

  • Affiliations:
  • Monash University, Australia;Monash University, Australia

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Organizational and End User Computing
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

Valid and reliable measures are critical to theory development as they facilitate theory testing in empirical research. Efforts in scale development have been put on ensuring aspects of validity. In this paper, the authors address a specific topic of construct validity assessment in scale development. Using data from the five leading IS journals between 1989-2008, in this paper, the authors determine if and how the field has advanced in construct validity assessment. Findings suggest that the proportion of studies reporting construct validity had increased and Confirmatory Factor Analysis CFA, Exploratory Factor Analysis EFA, and Multi-Trait Multi-Method MTMM were the three most common methods of construct validity assessment. The authors also apply a popular method from psychology and exemplify how the correlation analysis technique can be used to measure construct validity.