What are the costs and benefits of using SEM-PLS?

I have many colleagues who advocate the use of SEM-PLS. However, an editor from a top tier journal suggested that "modern ML SEM procedures can account for non-normal distributions and small...

06 July 2019 7,986 3 View

Have you ever uploaded a revised manuscript (and responded to the reviewers' remarks); then you were informed that your reviewers have been changed?

I have recently responded to three (3) reviewers' critical remarks, then the editor informed me that these reviewers have been changed (as they declined to review my revised contribution - i.e....

06 July 2019 211 13 View

Empirical studies can use 4-point scales to reduce the social desirability bias. Do you agree with this practice?

The researchers may not want their respondents to choose the mid-point (e.g. 3: in a 5-point likert scale).

06 July 2018 1,088 14 View

Announcing a Call for Chapters on Tourism Marketing. Would you like to contribute in an authoritative textbook by Routledge?

01 February 2017 5,679 3 View

Which psychometric testing would you use to test the set hypothesis and be able to draw worthwhile conclusions from a regression analysis?

Psychometric tests are a standard and scientific method used to measure individuals' mental capabilities and behavioural styles. Psychometric tests are designed to measure candidates' suitability...

01 February 2016 7,774 3 View

What are your views on the circular economy?

The basis of the Circular Economic (CE) approach lies in extracting the embedded costs of resources; through re-using, repairing, refurbishing, recycling and restoring materials and products...

31 December 2015 3,967 7 View

Should Universities collaborate with business and industry to include mandatory internships for their students?

Academic (and vocational) courses could integrate work experience into the curriculum programmes (in order to improve learning outcomes). At the same time, higher education ought to identify any...

11 December 2015 9,965 13 View

Are the journal impact factors reliable, trustworthy and unbiased?

10 November 2015 2,635 10 View

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Calling for researchers in this promising field of study...

07 August 2015 4,798 0 View

How can researchers increase their academic impact on ResearchGate?

I reckon that scientific fields of study (eg. medicine) are more important for RG and other bibliometrics e.g. citation analysis, impact factor et cetera.

06 July 2015 7,816 2 View

How to manually calculate p value in ANOVA? what is the equation or formula for it?

How to manually calculate p value in ANOVA? what is the equation or formula for it?

03 March 2021 4,928 5 View

Do we need to write protocol for a second study of a systematic review that has been registered and published?

I have conducted and published a systematic review and meta-analysis research with the topic related to public health and health pomotion (protocol was registed in PROSPERO). Now we want to...

03 March 2021 8,920 3 View

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Hi, I have several doubts about one paper (Systematic Literature Review) that was rejected. The main topic is Single-Board Computers in engineering education during the period 2010-2020. The...

01 March 2021 9,015 3 View

Is it necessary to report effect size (ES) in statistics of biomedical research given that we already report p values routinely?

Pls share your thoughts

01 March 2021 7,330 4 View

Which software is better to write systematic review paper?

We have seen some authors use some software to write review paper. As obvious, the study of all published papers concerning our studying field is not possible and these software can help us to...

27 February 2021 6,296 1 View

Centrality measures computation in Biblioshiny/ Vosviewer?

26 February 2021 7,279 2 View

When to use different framework?

Hi, can I use both conceptual framework and theoretical framework in my systematic review? My future study plan is to use a theory. In this situation for my systematic review should I use both or...

18 February 2021 9,581 2 View

What are the latest topics in strategic management area, esp those related to Quantum managment?

I am trying to involve science , in particular Physics, into Strategic Management studies for my master thesis . There are a number of papers discussing this topic but in such a fast changing...

13 February 2021 891 5 View

How to properly reach normality in residuals with lmer?

Hello, I have a large non-balanced panel dataset regarding a company dealing with private lessons for students. My goal is to fit a lmer model which predicts the number of monthly hours taken by a...

08 February 2021 2,539 7 View

How could I get the P-value from the mean, SEM, and n of different groups in the t-test?

How could I get the P-value from the mean, SEM, and n of different groups in the t-test without the original data? For detail, I would like to know the P-value between BMP-2: 50ng/ml group and the...

06 February 2021 6,539 4 View