PENGARUH E-SERVQUAL TERHADAP E-SATISFACTION, E-WOM DAN ONLINE REPURCHASE INTENTION

Penelitian ini secara spesifik bertujuan untuk menguji dan menjelaskan pengaruh e-service quality terhadap e-satisfaction, e-word of mouth dan online repurchase intention konsumen pada Hotel Bintang Tiga di Provinsi Lampung. Penelitian ini bersifat explanatory research yang menjelaskan hubungan kausal antara variabel melalui pengujian hipotesis. Jumlah sampel dalam penelitian ini 142 konsumen hotel yang pernah menginap dan melakukan reservasi (pemesanan kembali) secara online melalui website pemesanan hotel di salah satu Hotel Bintang Tiga di Provinsi Lampung. Teknis analisis data menggunakan analisis Generalized Structured Component Analysis (GSCA). Temuan penelitian menunjukan bahwa lima hipotesis yang diajukan diterima yang bermakna terdapat pengaruh yang signifikan e-service quality terhadap e-satisfaction, e-word of mouth dan online repurchase intention.Kata kunci: E-ServQual; E-Satisfaction; E-WOM; Online Repurchase Intention

A knowledge-based multivariate statistical method for examining gene-brain-behavioral/cognitive relationships: Imaging genetics generalized structured component analysis

With advances in neuroimaging and genetics, imaging genetics is a naturally emerging field that combines genetic and neuroimaging data with behavioral or cognitive outcomes to examine genetic influence on altered brain functions associated with behavioral or cognitive variation. We propose a statistical approach, termed imaging genetics generalized structured component analysis (IG-GSCA), which allows researchers to investigate such gene-brain-behavior/cognitive associations, taking into account well-documented biological characteristics (e.g., genetic pathways, gene-environment interactions, etc.) and methodological complexities (e.g., multicollinearity) in imaging genetic studies. We begin by describing the conceptual and technical underpinnings of IG-GSCA. We then apply the approach for investigating how nine depression-related genes and their interactions with an environmental variable (experience of potentially traumatic events) influence the thickness variations of 53 brain regions, which in turn affect depression severity in a sample of Korean participants. Our analysis shows that a dopamine receptor gene and an interaction between a serotonin transporter gene and the environment variable have statistically significant effects on a few brain regions’ variations that have statistically significant negative impacts on depression severity. These relationships are largely supported by previous studies. We also conduct a simulation study to safeguard whether IG-GSCA can recover parameters as expected in a similar situation.

STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING WITH GENERALIZED STRUCTURED COMPONENT ANALYSIS ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RENUMERATION AND MOTIVATION ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE AT UIN SUNAN KALIJAGA YOGYAKARTA

Structural equation modeling (SEM) is a multivariate statistical analysis technique that is used to analyze the structural relationships between observed variables and latent constructs. SEM has several methods one of which is Generalized Structured Component Analysis (GSCA). An empirical application concerning the relationship between renumeration and work motivation on employee performance is presented to illustrate the usefulness of the GSCA method. Data were collected by a questionnaire distributed to lecturers and staffs at UIN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta. The result showed that the remuneration variable had a significant and positive impact on work motivation. Also, the work motivation variable had a significant and positive effect on employee performance.

PENERAPAN METODE GENERALIZED STRUCTURED COMPONENT ANALYSIS PADA KEPUASAN KONSUMEN (Studi Kasus: Pasien Klinik Q)

Customer satisfaction is used by a company to evaluate products or services whether it is sufficient with customer’s expectations. Satisfaction is influenced by factors that cannot be measured directly are called latent variables and can be measured through indicators used to measure satisfaction with Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). Generalized Structured Component Analysis (GSCA) method is part of a SEM based on a variant that does not require the assumption of a multivariate normal distribution and has a measure overall goodness of fit. The parameters used are factor loading, coefficients parameter, and weight of indicators and estimated with alternating least square. The type of data used primary data from the results of the questionnaire with stratified proportional random sampling and number of samples 286. This research using indicators as measurable variables as many 32 indicators and 8 latent variable. Considering to the evaluation of the structural model, it is found there are 5 variables that influence satisfaction, they are prices, quality yield, cleanliness, doctor's services, and employee services with a large influence of 77.18% and the impact of satisfaction on loyalty is 48.63 %. For the overall goodness of fit measure, it is known that the FIT value is 63.75% and the adjusted FIT (AFIT) value is 63.47%. The goodness of fit (GFI) produced the value in the amount of 96.43%, indicating that the general model has the good level of compatibility.Keywords: Generalized Structured Component Analysis, Structural Equation Modeling, Overall goodness of fit, Alternating Least Square, Stratified Proportional Random Sampling

Latent Class Regression Utilizing Fuzzy Clusterwise Generalized Structured Component Analysis

Latent class analysis (LCA) has been applied in many research areas to disentangle the heterogeneity of a population. Despite its popularity, its estimation method is limited to maximum likelihood estimation (MLE), which requires large samples to satisfy both the multivariate normality assumption and local independence assumption. Although many suggestions regarding adequate sample sizes were proposed, researchers continue to apply LCA with relatively smaller samples. When covariates are involved, the estimation issue is encountered more. In this study, we suggest a different estimating approach for LCA with covariates, also known as latent class regression (LCR), using a fuzzy clustering method and generalized structured component analysis (GSCA). This new approach is free from the distributional assumption and stable in estimating parameters. Parallel to the three-step approach used in the MLE-based LCA, we extend an algorithm of fuzzy clusterwise GSCA into LCR. This proposed algorithm has been demonstrated with an empirical data with both categorical and continuous covariates. Because the proposed algorithm can be used for a relatively small sample in LCR without requiring a multivariate normality assumption, the new algorithm is more applicable to social, behavioral, and health sciences.

Generalized Structured Component Analysis in candidate gene association studies: applications and limitations

Background: Generalized Structured Component Analysis (GSCA) is a component-based alternative to traditional covariance-based structural equation modelling. This method has previously been applied to test for association between candidate genes and clinical phenotypes, contrasting with traditional genetic association analyses that adopt univariate testing of many individual single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) with correction for multiple testing. Methods: We first evaluate the ability of the GSCA method to replicate two previous findings from a genetics association study of developmental language disorders. We then present the results of a simulation study to test the validity of the GSCA method under more restrictive data conditions, using smaller sample sizes and larger numbers of SNPs than have previously been investigated. Finally, we compare GSCA performance against univariate association analysis conducted using PLINK v1.9. Results: Results from simulations show that power to detect effects depends not just on sample size, but also on the ratio of SNPs with effect to number of SNPs tested within a gene. Inclusion of many SNPs in a model dilutes true effects. Conclusions: We propose that GSCA is a useful method for replication studies, when candidate SNPs have been identified, but should not be used for exploratory analysis.

Cutoff criteria for overall model fit indexes in generalized structured component analysis

Generalized structured component analysis (GSCA) is a technically well-established approach to component-based structural equation modeling that allows for specifying and examining the relationships between observed variables and components thereof. GSCA provides overall fit indexes for model evaluation, including the goodness-of-fit index (GFI) and the standardized root mean square residual (SRMR). While these indexes have a solid standing in factor-based structural equation modeling, nothing is known about their performance in GSCA. Addressing this limitation, we present a simulation study’s results, which confirm that both GFI and SRMR indexes distinguish effectively between correct and misspecified models. Based on our findings, we propose rules-of-thumb cutoff criteria for each index in different sample sizes, which researchers could use to assess model fit in practice.

Efficiency of Cluster Validity Indexes in Fuzzy Clusterwise Generalized Structured Component Analysis

Fuzzy clustering has been broadly applied to classify data into K clusters by assigning membership probabilities of each data point close to K centroids. Such a function has been applied into characterizing the clusters associated with a statistical model such as structural equation modeling. The characteristics identified by the statistical model further define the clusters as heterogeneous groups selected from a population. Recently, such statistical model has been formulated as fuzzy clusterwise generalized structured component analysis (fuzzy clusterwise GSCA). The same as in fuzzy clustering, the clusters are enumerated to infer the population and its parameters within the fuzzy clusterwise GSCA. However, the identification of clusters in fuzzy clustering is a difficult task because of the data-dependence of classification indexes, which is known as a cluster validity problem. We examined the cluster validity problem within the fuzzy clusterwise GSCA framework and proposed a new criterion for selecting the most optimal number of clusters using both fit indexes of the GSCA and the fuzzy validity indexes in fuzzy clustering. The criterion, named the FIT-FHV method combining a fit index, FIT, from GSCA and a cluster validation measure, FHV, from fuzzy clustering, performed better than any other indices used in fuzzy clusterwise GSCA.