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I ran the Simple Model.splsm that came with Corporate Reputation Moderation project file with Full_Data_contract.csv [125 records] on SmartPLS 2 and I got similar results from the book. I then ran the same file from the project on SmartPLS 3 and achieved different results.. R2 different.. Path Coefficients different.. Just wondering how or why the report output is not the same. Bug?

Usually it a problem in the data settings.

e.g.,
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Hi,

The errors generally also occurs in charging bootstrapping on SmartPLS 2 (number of samples and number of resamples).

Regards,

Hengkov wrote:Hi,

The errors generally also occurs in charging bootstrapping on SmartPLS 2 (number of samples and number of resamples).

Regards,

For this particular exercise.. I just imported the project files into v2 and v3, selected the Full_Data_contract.csv case file and then ran a simple PLS Algorithm procedure.
The SmartPLS 2 results seems to be consistent with the one in the book while version 3 is giving me another.
I didn't really change any settings for the PLS Algorithm procedure on v2 and v3.

Please try to change the number format (i.e., decimal sign; dot or comma) in PLS3 data file and see if result change.

Hi,

It may be true that you are not inconsistent data formats when used in SmartPLS 2 and 3. To make all this clear, I provide the data and the results of SmartPLS 2 and 3 at the links below, you can try it. The results are 100% the same and hopefully there are no more questions like this.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/i1vt7vajdwiid ... .docx?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/m8zxop37a1tqs ... e.csv?dl=0

Greetings,

Hi MMVS:
I am a PLS newbie as well. I am just doing the same Case Study from the 'A Primer on Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) book'. I have just completed the activity (first PLS Algorithm run for the Corporate Reputation project (344 rows). I have no SmartPLS Version 2 to compare with (I am currently using the months free trial of Version 3), but my results are definitely different than the ones in the book.

-R2 for Customer Loyalty .563 (V3) instead of .562 (book figure) could just be a rounding error. But the difference for Customer Satisfaction is .314 (V3) instead of .295 (book figure)
-All other figures are off e.g. .498 (V3) instead of .504 (book figure) between Customer Satisfaction and Customer Loyalty

I have re-run the algorithm using the two different number formats, checked and re-checked the datafile I downloaded for the activity (from the book's website). But cannot figure out what is going on! :(

Could someone please help! I know this is a post from May, but I still haven't been able to find the answer to this. I know that there is no reason why the results should be different, but I am at my wits end with this :( - I am sorry Hengkov, but I want to know why my results are different to the one in the book :(

Any ideas would be cool!! :)

I have it sorted. All constructs are reflective in this model, there are no formative constructs (i.e. the arrows were going in the wrong direction) - rookie mistake! :(

But I think this happened when I clicked on one connector and chose to 'change mode of measurement model', and assumed that this referred to only the one connector. In reality it actually changes the whole lot of connectors to the indicators.

But at lease we have an answer to this question now. Check which way your arrows are going! - do they match the ones in the book?!!

Thanks to everyone who read my crazy ramblings :(. But I'm hoping the next person doesn't spend as long as I did on this.

Cheers,
Sam