arXiv:2607.00512cs.LGstat.ML2026-07综述

用三步法检验问卷研究结论是否可靠,避免模型依赖。

From Structural Equation Modelling to Double Machine Learning: Robustness Analysis for Survey-Based Research

论文配图:From Structural Equation Modelling to Double Machine Learning: Robustness Analysis for Survey-Based Research
图 1 · 摘自论文原文
  • 先用SEM定结构,再用OLS做透明回归,最后用机器学习调控制变量。
  • 发现部分关系在三种方法中稳定,部分需谨慎解读。
  • 提供可复现模板,适合想提升问卷分析可信度的研究者。

结构方程模型(SEM)广泛用于基于问卷的商管与信息系统研究,以评估潜在构念和理论驱动的结构关系。然而,SEM路径显著性依赖特定模型设定,难以判断结果在不同估计框架下是否稳定。本文提出并验证了一种分阶段稳健性分析框架,连接SEM、普通最小二乘(OLS)回归与双重机器学习(DML)。首先使用SEM优化测量结构,建立稳健性基准模型,保留完整理论路径用于后续检验;其次将SEM生成的构念得分输入OLS回归,作为透明基准;最后采用DML式残差化,检验每个核心关系在灵活机器学习调整可观测控制变量后是否依然稳定。通过随机森林、梯度提升与支持向量机的敏感性测试,以及反向诊断检查方向敏感性,框架在金融科技数字客户亲密性调查模型中得到验证。结果显示哪些关系在三类方法中保持一致,哪些需更谨慎解释。论文附带可复现的Google Colab工作簿与结果文件,提供可复用模板,帮助研究者和学生应用于其他基于问卷的潜变量研究。该文贡献了一个实用的稳健性分析流程与解读指南。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Structural equation modelling (SEM) is widely used in survey-based business and information systems research to assess latent constructs and theory-driven structural relationships. However, SEM path significance is obtained within a particular model specification and may not show whether findings remain stable under alternative estimation frameworks. This study develops and demonstrates a staged robustness analysis framework that connects SEM, ordinary least squares (OLS) regression, and Double Machine Learning (DML). SEM is first used to refine the measurement structure and estimate the robustness-baseline SEM model, in which the full theory-specified structural path system is retained for downstream robustness analysis before final structural path evaluation. OLS regression is then applied to SEM-derived construct scores as a transparent regression benchmark. Finally, DML-style residualisation is used to examine whether each tested focal relationship remains stable after flexible machine-learning-based adjustment for observed controls. Learner-sensitivity checks compare Random Forest, Gradient Boosting, and Support Vector Machine learners, and selected reverse-direction diagnostics are used to examine directional sensitivity. The framework is demonstrated using a FinTech Digital Customer Intimacy survey model. The findings identify which relationships are stable across SEM, OLS, and DML-style checks, and which require more cautious interpretation. A reproducible Google Colab workbook and generated result files are publicly available, providing a reusable template that researchers and students can adapt to other survey-based latent-construct studies. The paper contributes a practical robustness workflow and interpretation guide for survey-based researchers seeking to complement SEM with conventional and machine-learning-based robustness checks.

稳健性分析结构方程模型机器学习问卷研究

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