In cooperation with: (1) the University of Hamburg (http://www.uni-
hamburg.de) and SmartPLS (http://www.smartpls.de); (2) Radboud University
(http://www.ru.nl) and PLS-School (http://www.PLS-school.com); and (3)
faculty at Georgia State University (http://www.gsu.edu), we are offering
synchronous, live, interactive, video- and audio-supported online
workshops for structural equation modeling (SEM) partial least squares
(PLS) path modeling using SmartPLS. The live, synchronous, online
workshops are conducted using the award-winning eLearning platform
Elluminate Live ! The purpose of the online workshops is to inform
participants of the uses and applications of PLS path modeling using
SmartPLS and to provide live, "hands-on" demonstrations of the basic and
intermediate techniques of using SmartPLS.
Each workshop consists of two integrated sessions on two consecutive days.
All that is required to participate is a fast, reliable Internet
connection (not dial-up) and a set of inexpensive headphones with a
microphone (cost: $13 anywhere). The registration fee for faculty to
participate in the two integrated sessions is $250 USD. Registrants who
provide evidence of current full-time student status are eligible for a
40% discount. There is no cost for participants to use the Elluminate
Live ! platform. Participants will receive the SmartPLS software, all
training materials, data sets, and slides from the training sessions, and
access to high-fidelity reproductions of all of the presented live
material after the workshop is completed (on Internet-provided recordings
available free of charge for one month following the workshop). These
workshop recordings are for individual participant use only, and include
all video, audio and "hands-on" demonstrations and exercises.
There are two online SmartPLS Elluminate Live ! workshops scheduled for
December, 2009.
1) December 7th and 8th 9:00AM until 12:30PM Eastern Standard Time
(visit the following url to register:
https://www.regonline.com/smartpls-dec-7-8-2009); and
2) December 9th and 10th 6:00PM until 09:30PM Eastern Standard Time
(visit the following url to register:
https://www.regonline.com/smartpls-dec-9-10-2009).
The content and agenda for the two workshops is identical and is described
on the bottom of this page. Both workshops run for 3 ½ hours on two
consecutive days. The only difference is that one is offered in the
morning (on the East Coast of the United States) for the convenience of
participants in the Eastern US, Canada and Europe, whereas the second is
offered in the evening (on the East Coast of the United States), for the
convenience of participants in the Western US, Canada, and the Pacific Rim
countries, including Japan, China, Malaysia, New Zealand and Australia.
Both workshops are limited to 22 participants each.
Faculty and practitioners may attend for a registration fee of $250 (USD).
The registration fee is refundable (less a $25 processing charge) if the
participant cancels his/her registration. Full-time students are eligible
for a 40% discount upon registering (for a total cost of $150). Full-time
students should enter the discount code 'student7' (no spaces) when
prompted during registration to realize the discount at checkout. If you
register as a student, you may be asked to provide evidence of your
qualifying full-time student status.
In addition to an introduction to PLS path modeling using SmartPLS, the
following topics (in addition to others) are included:
CB-SEM vs. PLS-SEM
SmartPLS Visual Interface
Scale Development
Bootstrapping vs. Jackknifing
Blindfolding
PLS Algorithm
Theory Testing vs. Prediction
Assessment of PLS Path modeling estimates (measurement model and
structural model)
Reflective vs. Formative
Interpreting SmartPLS Output
Overall Goodness-of-Fit
Effect Size
Reflective vs. Formative indicators
Second-order Factor Models
Mediating Factors
Assessing the effect
Moderating Factors
Product indicator approach
Group differences approach
Three-Way Interactions
Determining strength of moderating effect
Two-stage approach
Non-linear Effects
Multi-group Analysis
Heterogeneity, Segmentation and FIMIX-PLS
The workshop agenda approximates the following schedule. There are seven
separate learning modules in each workshop, five of which conclude with
a “hands-on” exercise using SmartPLS with existing data sets (provided).
DAY 1
1) Introduction to PLS, Latent Constructs, SEM and SmartPLS
2) Basic path modeling with SmartPLS
Basic path modeling exercise – TAM model data
3) Evaluating PLS path models
Model evaluation exercise – UTAUT model data
DAY 2
1) PLS algorithm, bootstrapping, jackknifing and blindfolding
2) Mediation
Mediation exercise – Social presence model data
3) Moderating variables
Moderation exercise – UTAUT moderating relationships
4) Second order models, multi-group analysis, heterogeneous data and
FIMIX-PLS
FIMIX-PLS exercise – UTAUT heterogenous data
Your instructor for these SEM SmartPLS workshops will be Dr. Geoffrey
Hubona. Please send an email to Geoffrey Hubona (
ghubona@cis.gsu.edu)
should you have any questions about these SmartPLS workshops. More
information about Geoffrey Hubona and his background may be viewed at
http://www.cis.gsu.edu/~ghubona.