Assertion: latent variable | /r/HasProperty | planned
Facets:
value: third,
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: First, if the researcher seeks to create a composite, a weighted sum of measured variables, a formative construct has optimal weights; second, if there is a nominal variable with many categories, the dummy variables for that variable can be the indicators of a formative variable (sometimes call a sheaf); third, if a reflective latent variable is planned, but either the indicators do not correlate or they are not single-factored, a formative variable might be used.