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Table 3 Statistics for the latent variables

From: Behavioral intentions of technology teachers to implement an engineering-focused curriculum

Latent variable

Item

Standardized factor loading (SE)

Residuals

CR

AVE

Perceived ease of use (PEU)

PEU2

0.62a

0.62

.92

0.74

PEU3

0.94 (0.19)***

0.11

PEU4

0.96 (0.19)***

0.08

PEU5

0.87 (0.19)***

0.24

Perceived usefulness (PU)

PU1

0.86a

0.27

.93

0.81

PU2

0.95 (0.08)***

0.09

PU3

0.89 (0.09)***

0.22

Beliefs (BF)

BF1

0.84a

0.29

.84

0.73

BF2

0.87 (0.10)***

0.25

Subjective norms (SN)

SN1

0.79a

0.38

.90

0.69

SN2

0.89 (0.12)***

0.22

SN3

0.79 (0.13)***

0.37

SN4

0.85 (0.13)***

0.28

Perceived behavioral control (PBC)

PBC1

0.84a

0.30

.92

0.71

PBC2

0.85 (0.10)***

0.27

PBC4

0.88 (0.10)***

0.23

PBC5

0.85 (0.10)***

0.27

PBC6

0.79 (0.10)***

0.38

Behavioral intentions (BI)

BI2

0.91a

0.17

.96

0.85

BI3

0.96 (0.06)***

0.08

BI4

0.95 (0.06)***

0.09

BI5

0.86 (0.08)***

0.25

Self-reported behavior (SRB)

SRB2

0.85a

0.10

.96

0.87

SRB3

0.92 (0.05)***

0.15

SRB4

0.98 (0.04)***

0.03

SRB5

0.88 (0.06)***

0.23

  1. CR composite reliability, AVE average variance extracted
  2. aThe factor loading was not estimated because the first item served as the reference value for estimation of the loading of the other items onto the same variable
  3. ***p < .001