How to use SmartPls for structural equation modeling?

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David Eugene Booth

See the link:

https://www.google.com/search?q=youtube+smart+Pls&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS847US847&oq=youtube+smart+Pls&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l2.29250j0j9&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Best, D. Booth

Syed Mahmudur Rahman

This latest article, https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1bs7Iz1m7PEMF can help you with the following:

- Partial least squares structural equation modelling (pls-sem) techniques using SmartPLS, and a step by step interpretation of SmartPLS results

- How to validate and report higher-order models or hierarchical component models (HCMs) or higher-order constructs

- How/when CB-SEM (i.e., AMOS) can be (should be) used for measurement model validation in a PLS-SEM (i.e., SmartPLS) study

- How to report multigroup analysis using SmartPLS (PLS-MGA)

- Global fit analysis using SmartPLS in studies with data from two different countries

- How to use and report confirmatory tetrad analysis in PLS-SEM (CTA-PLS in SmartPLS)

- How to report mediation tests using SmartPLS

Good luck!