SmartPLS 3.0 and small sample size
Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2015 8:57 pm
Hi all,
I am testing a model in SmartPLS 2.0 and SmartPLS 3.0 The model and data are the same; the program are on
different computers. In SmartPLS 3.0 when I create an
interaction term of two variables I get the message that the sample size is too small, due to having more indicators in the
interaction term than number of observations. In SmartPLS 2.0 this is not a problem, the model runs. What is the
difference between the two versions of SmartPLS?. One reason for using PLS is to explore complex models with small sample size. Also, when I reduce the
number of indicators of one of the variables to reduce the number of interaction indicators, the resulting
coefficient in SmartPLS 3.0 is different from that in SmartPLS 2 though the remaining coefficients and R2s in the model
are the same. (I reduced the number of indicators in the SmartPLS 2.0 model also.) Any help
would be greatly appreciated.
I am testing a model in SmartPLS 2.0 and SmartPLS 3.0 The model and data are the same; the program are on
different computers. In SmartPLS 3.0 when I create an
interaction term of two variables I get the message that the sample size is too small, due to having more indicators in the
interaction term than number of observations. In SmartPLS 2.0 this is not a problem, the model runs. What is the
difference between the two versions of SmartPLS?. One reason for using PLS is to explore complex models with small sample size. Also, when I reduce the
number of indicators of one of the variables to reduce the number of interaction indicators, the resulting
coefficient in SmartPLS 3.0 is different from that in SmartPLS 2 though the remaining coefficients and R2s in the model
are the same. (I reduced the number of indicators in the SmartPLS 2.0 model also.) Any help
would be greatly appreciated.