An innovation by Hisham Md-Basir, Sulaiman Mahzan, Nur-Huda Jaafar, Rashidah Mokhtar, Noraisyah Abdl-Aziz, Mazlyda Abdul-Rahman, and; Derwina Daud (2010).
To use the calculator – http://www.hishammb.net/cvc2/
To download the user manual – http://www.hishammb.net/cvc2/CVC2_UserManual.pdf
To give comment or feedback – send e-mail to hishammb@gmail.com
This calculator is a very useful tool to help researchers to calculate Composite Reliability (CR) and Average Variance Extracted (AVE), especially for researchers who analyze their survey data using covariance-based structural equation modelling (SEM) like AMOS and LISREL. CR and AVE are two important parameters for estimating the construct validity of latent variables in quantitative survey study.
The current version of AMOS for example, does not provide facility to calculate the CR and AVE directly. Users have to calculate them manually, or use spreadsheet software like EXCEL to expedite the calculation. For researchers with low skill of computer programming, they will certainly find that the calculation for CR and AVE is lengthy, tedious and full of hassle.
This calculator offers a complete solution to that problem. With a user friendly Windows-based environment, the calculation of CR and AVE can be done in just a few mouse clicks.
You may try to use the calculator at http://www.hishammb.net/cvc2, and you may download the user manual here.
I would be very glad if any of you could give me some feedbacks on the calculator, especially any comment that can further improve the innovation. For that, I would like to thank you in advance.
Note:
(a) The Online CONSTRUCT VALIDITY Calculator version 2.0 is a registered product under the ownership of Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, MALAYSIA.
(b) This product has won a GOLD medal in the 7th Invention, Innovation and Design 2010 (IID2010).
