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Table 4 Discriminant validity of the measurement model

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

Latent variable

PEU

PU

BF

SN

PBC

BI

SRB

Perceived ease of use (PEU)

(0.86)a

      

Perceived usefulness (PU)

0.53b

(0.90)

     

Beliefs (BF)

0.56

0.78

(0.85)

    

Subjective norms (SN)

0.49

0.50

0.57

(0.83)

   

Perceived behavioral control (PBC)

0.82

0.49

0.60

0.62

(0.84)

  

Behavioral intentions (BI)

0.67

0.76

0.77

0.70

0.77

(0.92)

 

Self-reported behavior (SRB)

0.46

0.38

0.41

0.35

0.49

0.55

(0.93)

  1. aValues along the diagonal in parentheses are the square roots of the average variance extracted (AVE)
  2. bValues along the off-diagonal are the correlations between the latent variables