GROUP

ASSIGNMENT 2
SCM DATA

Submitted
FT161038
FT161073
FT161075
FT161092
FT164034
FT164037

by:Harshit Agarwal
Richa Garg
Rohel Deb
Sunny Singh
Khushboo
Lakshay Gaur

Use the SCM data description (SCMData-Description.docx file) and the

SCM data file (SCMData.sav file) to complete the following questions:
1. Test for the validity and reliability of the following factors:
a. Strategic Purchasing SP (a_sp1, a_sp2, a_sp3, a_sp4, a_sp5,
a_sp6, a_sp7)
b. Information Technology IT (a_it1, a_it2, a_it3, a_it4, a_it5,
a_it6)
c. Communication CO (a_co1, a_co2, a_co3, a_co4, a_co5,
a_co6)
d. Customer Performance OP (c_op10, c_op11, c_op12)
Answer:
Validity:
Using EFA (exploratory factor analysis)
Making factors using SPSS:

Factor Analysis
Rotated Component Matrixa
Component
Str_Purch
a_sp1

.825

a_sp2

.724

a_sp3

.782

a_sp4

.723

a_sp5

.777

a_sp6

.560

a_sp7

.503

comm

IT

Cust_per

a_it1

.773

a_it2

.744

a_it3

.816

a_it4

.589

a_it5

.677

a_it6

.782

a_co1

.674

a_co2

.795

a_co3

.879

a_co4

.819

a_co5

.656

a_co6

.533

c_op10

.855

c_op11

.886

c_op12

.752

Extraction Method: Principal Component Analysis.

Rotation Method: Varimax with Kaiser Normalization.

KMO and Bartlett's Test

Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin Measure of Sampling Adequacy.

.841

Approx. Chi-Square
Bartlett's Test of Sphericity

2013.347

df

231

Sig.

.000

Total Variance Explained

Component

Rotation Sums of Squared Loadings

Total

% of Variance

Cumulative %

3.929

17.860

17.860

3.704

16.837

34.697

3.473

15.787

50.484

2.309

10.495

60.979

Extraction Method: Principal Component Analysis.

Reliability:
Using Cronbach alpha method:
Consolidated table showing Cronbach alpha values and drop in Cronbach alpha
when variables are dropped-

Communication
raw_alp std.alph
average
G6(smc)
S/N
ase
mean
ha
a
_r
0.85895 0.87031 0.87268 0.52795 6.71073 0.034329
5.090426
3
06
89
79
1
22
Reliability( cronbac alpha) drop when variables are dropped
raw_alp std.alph
average
G6(smc)
S/N
alpha
ha
a
_r
0.86198 0.86894 0.86799 0.57010
0.038380
a_co1
6.630664
37
98
68
19
01
0.83465 0.85056 0.84081 0.53234
0.041443
a_co2
5.691695
36
1
78
73
77
0.81096 0.82243 0.81371 0.48089
0.043865
a_co3
4.631889
95
97
86
1
99
0.81756 0.82832 0.82828 0.49108
0.043136
a_co4
4.824847
04
17
46
62
38
0.83094 0.84585 0.84194 0.52323
0.041763
a_co5
5.487384
17
47
26
67
76
0.85643 0.86894 0.86060 0.57008
0.039102
a_co6
6.630191
79
17
64
44
52

sd
1.0388
09

Information_Technology
raw_alp std.alph
average
G6(smc)
S/N
ase
mean
ha
a
_r
0.84465 0.84462 0.82880 0.47534 5.43598 0.035779
4.365248
9
37
53
05
8
24
Reliability( cronbac alpha) drop when variables are dropped
raw_alp std.alph
average
G6(smc)
S/N
alpha
ha
a
_r
0.80887 0.80914 0.78339 0.45884
0.044017
a_it1
4.239491
69
18
9
47
13
0.81719 0.81683 0.78887 0.47143
0.043158
a_it2
4.459558
69
5
4
41
79
0.80359 0.80312 0.77512 0.44929
0.044593
a_it3
4.079294
39
22
24
64
22
0.83920 0.84008 0.81837 0.51235
0.040842
a_it4
5.253267
22
36
59
05
65
0.83214 0.83174 0.80501 0.49715
0.041556
a_it5
4.943438
49
72
54
58
29
0.81162 0.81168 0.78609 0.46296
0.043724
a_it6
4.310317
23
73
04
14
24
strategic_purchase
raw_alp std.alph
average
G6(smc)
S/N
ase
mean
ha
a
_r
0.84714 0.84994 0.84930 0.44725 5.66404 0.032390
5.094225
1
11
22
42
9
89
Reliability( cronbac alpha) drop when variables are dropped
raw_alp std.alph
average
G6(smc)
S/N
alpha
ha
a
_r
0.80955 0.81362 0.80273 0.42115
0.039411
a_sp1
4.365483
25
35
05
58
9
0.82012 0.82170 0.81015 0.43441
0.038254
a_sp2
4.608558
33
1
26
89
64
0.82097 0.82454 0.81689 0.43922
0.038203
a_sp3
4.699503
53
61
81
63
01
0.82127 0.82600 0.82430 0.44172
0.038129
a_sp4
4.747451
33
98
76
81
73
0.81445 0.81891 0.81029 0.42978
0.038848
a_sp5
4.522298
98
6
69
24
51
0.84230 0.84418 0.83534 0.47451
0.035990
a_sp6
5.417953
15
71
98
17
07
0.84834 0.85215 0.84720 0.48995
0.035321
a_sp7
5.763692
64
17
89
6
93
Customer_performance
raw_alp std.alph
average
G6(smc)
S/N
ase
mean
ha
a
_r
0.81809 0.81815 0.76397 0.59996 4.49926 0.063232
5.007092
7
75
16
08
5
5
Reliability( cronbac alpha) drop when variables are dropped
raw_alp std.alph
average
G6(smc)
S/N
alpha
ha
a
_r
0.75200 0.75200 0.60256 0.60256
0.103733
c_op10
3.032313
31
34
85
85
1

sd
1.4409
09

sd
1.1078
59

sd
0.9022
04

0.66739
1
0.82100
32

c_op11
c_op12

0.66743
89
0.82106
38

0.50086
93
0.69644
46

0.50086
93
0.69644
46

2.006966
4.588583

0.112215
25
0.096107
61

Using SPSS- Cronbach alpha when all variables are taken together:

Reliability Statistics
Cronbach's

N of Items

Alpha
.876

22
Item-Total Statistics

Scale Mean if
Item Deleted

Scale Variance if Corrected ItemItem Deleted

Total Correlation

Cronbach's
Alpha if Item
Deleted

c_op10

102.56

310.782

.330

.875

c_op11

102.48

313.919

.250

.876

c_op12

102.18

308.684

.394

.874

a_co1

102.78

298.506

.404

.873

a_co2

102.18

300.552

.467

.871

a_co3

102.12

299.815

.561

.869

a_co4

102.11

300.036

.572

.869

a_co5

102.51

294.444

.629

.867

a_co6

102.26

296.226

.528

.869

a_it1

103.85

285.892

.503

.870

a_it2

102.71

288.612

.514

.870

a_it3

102.92

289.571

.485

.871

a_it4

101.99

291.369

.478

.871

a_it5

103.56

288.237

.470

.872

a_it6

103.26

289.926

.463

.872

a_sp1

102.09

296.938

.452

.872

a_sp2

101.80

297.881

.544

.869

a_sp3

103.35

294.056

.409

.874

a_sp4

102.23

292.990

.502

.870

a_sp5

102.63

293.786

.523

.869

a_sp6

101.47

306.806

.449

.872

a_sp7

102.68

299.684

.424

.872

Structural Equations:
2. Run and compare the following two models

Answer: Standardized solution:

T values:

Standardized Solution:
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T values: