PLS Applications Symposium; 11 - 13 April 2018; Laredo, Texas

PLS Applications Symposium; 11 - 13 April 2018; Laredo, Texas
(Abstract submissions accepted until 15 February 2018)

*** Only abstracts are needed for the submissions ***

The partial least squares (PLS) method has increasingly been used in a variety of fields of research and practice, particularly in the context of PLS-based structural equation modeling (SEM). The focus of this Symposium is on the application of PLS-based methods, from a multidisciplinary perspective. For types of submissions, deadlines, and other details, please visit the Symposium’s web site:

http://plsas.net

*** Workshop on PLS-SEM ***

On 11 April 2018 a full-day workshop on PLS-SEM will be conducted by Dr. Ned Kock and Dr. Geoffrey Hubona, using the software WarpPLS. Dr. Kock is the original developer of this software, which is one of the leading PLS-SEM tools today; used by thousands of researchers from a wide variety of disciplines, and from many different countries. Dr. Hubona has extensive experience conducting research and teaching topics related to PLS-SEM, using WarpPLS and a variety of other tools. This workshop will be hands-on and interactive, and will have two parts: (a) basic PLS-SEM issues, conducted in the morning (9 am - 12 noon) by Dr. Hubona; and (b) intermediate and advanced PLS-SEM issues, conducted in the afternoon (2 pm - 5 pm) by Dr. Kock. Participants may attend either one, or both of the two parts.

The following topics, among others, will be covered - Running a Full PLS-SEM Analysis - Conducting a Moderating Effects Analysis - Viewing Moderating Effects via 3D and 2D Graphs - Creating and Using Second Order Latent Variables - Viewing Indirect and Total Effects - Viewing Skewness and Kurtosis of Manifest and Latent Variables - Viewing Nonlinear Relationships - Solving Collinearity Problems - Conducting a Factor-Based PLS-SEM Analysis - Using Consistent PLS Factor-Based Algorithms - Exploring Statistical Power and Minimum Sample Sizes - Exploring Conditional Probabilistic Queries - Exploring Full Latent Growth - Conducting Multi-Group Analyses - Assessing Measurement Invariance - Creating Analytic Composites.

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Ned Kock
Symposium Chair
http://plsas.net

WarpPLS 6.0 upgraded to stable: power analyses, conditional probabilities, latent growth, endogeneity control, reciprocal relationships, and more!

Version 6.0 of WarpPLS is now available as a stable version. The following are among the new features: power analyses, conditional probabilities, latent growth, endogeneity control, and reciprocal relationships.

Please use one of the links below (long and shortened versions) to go to the WarpPLS blog post describing this version’s new features.

http://warppls.blogspot.com/2017/06/warppls-60-now-available-consistent-pls.html

http://bit.ly/2rF96Hu

You can download and install it for a free trial of from:

http://warppls.com

Enjoy!

Hands-On Workshop on PLS-SEM with WarpPLS; 12-13 August 2017; Penang, Malaysia

Structural equation modeling (SEM), or path analysis with latent variables, is one of the most general and comprehensive statistical analysis methods. Path analysis, multiple regression, ANCOVA, ANOVA and other widely used statistical analysis methods can be seen as special cases of SEM.

We will be conducting a two-day hands-on workshop on SEM employing partial least squares methods (PLS-SEM) with WarpPLS. This software conducts composite-based (e.g., PLS-based) as well as factor-based SEM analyses. Factor-based SEM combines the precision of covariance-based SEM with the flexibility and ease-of-use of composite-based SEM. The dates are 12-13 August 2017. The workshop will take place in Penang, Malaysia.

For more details, please go to:

http://bit.ly/2tZRLKX

or

https://warppls.blogspot.com/2017/07/hands-on-workshop-on-pls-sem-with.html

WarpPLS 6.0 now available: power analyses, conditional probabilities, latent growth, endogeneity control, reciprocal relationships, and more!

Version 6.0 of WarpPLS is now available, as a beta version. You can download and install it for a free trial from:

http://warppls.com

Users of previous versions can use the same license information that they already have; it will work with this new version for the remainder of their license periods.

Please use one of the links below (long and shortened versions) to go to the WarpPLS blog post describing this version’s new features.

http://warppls.blogspot.com/2017/06/warppls-60-now-available-consistent-pls.html

http://bit.ly/2rF96Hu

Enjoy!