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Difference in results between SPSS and SmartPLS

Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 12:09 pm
by bubach
Hello all,

I calculated the cronbachs a in SPSS and SmarPLS and i found a slight difference. I guess this is caused by rounding errors.

I also did a simple regression in SPSS and the same in SmartPLS. I found significant different between R-square and the path-coefficients.
Could anybody explain why?

Thanks you very much!

Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 12:16 pm
by cringle
Hi,

minor differences are caused by rounding indifferences in different software applications.

However, the regression results in SPSS, R and SmartPLS are identical. You probably used a linear regression with constant term in your analyses.

Best
Christian