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               168  International Multi. J. of PURE LIFE. 9 (32): 147-189, Autumn. 2022
                   3.  The  Fit  of  the              variables is higher than 0.7,
                      Measurement Models              which indicates the appropriate
               To  check  the  fit  of  the           reliability of the model.
               measurement models, three                 In  this  research,  the
               criteria     of     reliability,       reliability  of  the  variables

               convergent  validity  and              is  at  the  optimal  level.
               divergent validity are used,           Since  the  reliability  is
               and  the  reliability  itself  is      confirmed, it is possible to

               done  by  checking  factor             investigate the assumptions
               loading coefficients, Cronbach's       by structural equations and
               alpha coefficients, composite          the      result     can      be

               reliability and shared reliability.    generalized  to  the  entire
                  The  criterion  value  for          target society.
               the     appropriateness       of          The  second  criterion  of

               factor  load  coefficients  is         measuring measurement models
               0.5.  For  all  the  questions,        is    convergent       validity,
               the  coefficients  of  the             which       examines         the
               factor  loadings  of  the              correlation of each variable

               questions  are  more  than             with its questions (indices).
               0.5,  which  shows  the                   According to the method
               appropriateness       of    this       of Fornell and Larker, who

               criterion.                             introduced  the  appropriate
                  Here,     none     of     the       value  for  AVE  above  0.4.
               questions were deleted. The            For  all  6  variables,  the

               value  of  Cronbach's  alpha           AVE  value  is  greater  than
               and the combined reliability           or equal to 0.4.
               of  the  variables  in  all  6
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