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Hello
My colleague and I are wondering if it is possible to get unstandardized path coefficients using SmartPLS? We have read a number of old posts (links below) but the manual correction seems to be for calculating factor scores rather than path coefficients, which is what we are interested in.

Is it possible, and if so, how is it done?

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Thanks, Jenni

The PLS algorithm always require standardization of the latent variables. However, in SmartPLS 3 you get unstandardized path coefficients in the IPMA analysis. There latent variable scores are unstandardized using the Groenhold method and then unstandardized regression weights are calculated on these unstandardized LV scores to represent unstandardized path coefficients.

Hello,

I wonder if such method is available in SmartPLS 4.

If so, could you be so kind to let me know how to do it?

Thank in advance

Yes. If you open the PLS Algorithm you can now choose between standardized and unstandardized results.