Notes on Measurement Theory for Causal-Formative Indicators

A Reply to Hardin

Bollen, Kenneth A.
Diamantopoulos, Adamantios

Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, and Department of Sociology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Faculty of Business, Economics & Statistics, Department of Business Administration, University of Vienna

Kenneth A. Bollen, Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, University of North Carolina, CB 3270 Davie Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3270 [email protected]

Received November 30, 2016

revised March 4, 2017

Accepted March 11, 2017

Psychological Methods 22(3):p 605-608, September 2017. | DOI: 10.1037/met0000149

The current article is a rejoinder to “A Call for Theory to Support the Use of Causal-Formative Indicators: A Commentary on Bollen and Diamantopoulos.” Our article comments on the 6 research questions raised by in his constructive commentary on our original article (i.e., “In Defense of Causal-Formative Indicators: A Minority Report”).