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author = Tenenhaus, Michel
title = La Régression PLS - Théorie et Pratique
publisher = Editions TECHNIP
address = Paris
year = 1998

In the very last step of PLS Path Modeling, (multiple) regressions are done, in which the latent variable scores serve as dependent/independent variables. For several purposes (e.g., to overcome multicollinearity), it might come in handy to do a PLS regression (see e.g. Tenenhaus 1998) instead of us...

I am missing short cuts.
E.g., in your previous version you offered short cuts like Ctrl+J or Ctrl+L for item alignment.

I want to rename some latent variables, but in 9 von 10 cases, it is not possible to change the name via double-click (I double-click on the LV, and nothing happens). I have not found any other possibility of changing the name (neither in the menu nor in the context menu [right click]. What can I do?

Let's look for example at a construct like service quality. If you regard service quality as a formed attribute like Rossiter (2002, p. 314) does, you might want to create a second-order formative index. Multicollinearity may arise from a halo effect, e.g. the overall satisfaction with the service. ...

author = Rossiter, John R.
title = The C-OAR-SE procedure for scale development in marketing
journal = International Journal of Research in Marketing
year = 2002
volume = 19
pages = 305-335

Have you ever tried to create a second-order formative index? Right now, I am trying to do so for a construct "level of sports sponsorship". However, I am facing several problems: * I do not know which inner weighting scheme is most adequate (in this case, there are significant differences...

I guess you mean a moderating effect (because you mention that you cannot draw it). Please make sure what kind of effect you are talking about (read for example Baron/Kenny 1986). If you are refering to a mediating effect, then I do not see the problem of drawing the right arrows. However, if you ar...

To be published in August 2006:

editor = Vinzi, Vincenzo E. / Chin, Wynne. W. / Henseler, Jörg / Wang, Huiwen W.
title = Handbook PLS and Marketing
publisher = Springer
address = Heidelberg/New York
year = 2006

Especially for models with many exogenous variables and few observations it would be nice to get the adjusted R square in addition to the standard R square.
Currently, I have to calculate it manually.

By experimenting, I found out that the problem was something else: SmartPLS2 seems to require access to its program folder. I don't have (writing) access to it due to institutional IT policy. When installing SmartPLS2 in a folder I have writing access to, there haven't been any more problems with da...

I nice feature would be the calculation of Cronbach's alpha.

Additionally, I am interested in how much Cronbach's alpha is used in PLS path modelling. Please take part in the poll.

What happened to the factor reliability?
While it was implemented in Smartpls1, I cannot find it in SmartPLS 2!

SmartPLS2 shows an error message when I want to import a ".csv" file.
In this file, the values are delimited by semicolons. Commas are used as a decimal sign.

What about PLS Regression in the structural model?
It is one possible solution when facing multicollinearity between exogenous latent variables.

Please participate in the poll.