Dear all, I`m using smartpls. Can we just have two indicator variables (measured on a 1-5 Likert scale) for the latent dependent variable?

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Usama Rehman

Yes

Alejandro Ros-Gálvez

Yes, it is possible (even a single indicator).

Alma Braimllari Spaho

Yes. Some literature recommend at least three indicators per contruct.

Sanjee Udari Samaranayake

Thank you very much for your answers. Could you please let me know some references which support above argument?

Dear Sanjee:

SmartPLS software allows to build latent variables composed of single-item measures. However, the question here should be if these measures are good or not. Take a loot at this paper: More for Less? A Comparison of SingleItem and Multi-Item Measures (Marko Sarstedt & Petra Wilczynski)

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