Can I run a 2nd order measurement model only with smartPLS

[chloe15]

Hi,

I appreciate your help regarding whether SmartPLS can perform the analysis I need, before I purchase it.
I attended a workshop and from what I learned, smartpls cannot analyze the pure measurement model, unlike the CFA (1ST step) in AMOS. Yet I read a paper in which authors ran a 2nd factor model like this following picture. The 2nd factor is not even measured by an indicator. How can I run the exactly same model in SmartPLS (just draw a picture like this one or I need some special tips)? Thanks so much.

[Hengkov]

Hi,

SmartPLS can execute it. Many approaches that you can use to test the 2nd order constructs, either using a repeated indicators, two-stage, orthogonalizing and so on.

Greetings,

[chloe15]

I drew the exact same model but it seems I cannot "calculate". Is it because Smartpls 3.0 seems to still want my 2nd order latent variable with indicator(s)?
Please advise what I can do to run such a model. Thanks.

[chloe15]

Could you suggest me a manual/book about how to run a repeated indicators, two-stage, orthogonalizing or methods? thanks.

[cringle]

Check this link on literature on PLS-SEM: http://info.smartpls.com

Ringle, C.M./ Sarstedt, M./ Straub, D.W.: A Critical Look at the Use of PLS-SEM in MIS Quarterly, in: MIS Quarterly, Volume 36 (2012), Issue 1, iii-xiv. http://misq.org/skin/frontend/default/m ... sV36N1.pdf

Hair, J. F., Hult, G. T. M., Ringle, C. M., & Sarstedt, M. (2014). A Primer on Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling. Thousand Oaks: Sage.

SAGE's PLS-SEM Book Link: http://www.sagepub.com/books/Book237345
The Official PLS-SEM Book's Homepage: http://www.pls-sem.com

[bradley7680]

Hi,

For a reflective- reflective 2nd order model

See my contribution in PLS handbook. SAGE

or get it off my Researchgate.

Bradley Wilson.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bradley_Wilson2