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Online SmartPLS SEM Workshops February 2010 |
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| Posted by: | Geoffrey Hubona |
| Title/Position: | Associate professor |
| School/Organization: | Georgia State University |
| Sent to listserv of: | SPSP, SESP, SPSSI |
| Date posted: | January 25th, 2010 |
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(Only reminder notice for online SmartPLS workshops in February 2010.)
We are conducting two online structural equation modeling (SEM) SmartPLS workshops, one on Feb 12-13 (9AM - 1PM EST); and the second one on Feb 26-27 (6PM-10PM EST). The cost for faculty and/or practitioners is $250 (USD). The cost for full-time students is $150 (USD) (using the discount code 'student7' while registering for the workshop). If you have any questions about registration, or seek a detailed agenda for the workshops, please read the message below and then contact Geoffrey Hubona at ghubona@cis.gsu.edu.
Please note that a portion of these workshops' revenues are returned to the respective University's software development organization to keep the cost of using SmartPLS low for academics (e.g. no cost for academics).
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: $15 anywhere). 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, dozens of full-length research articles and citations relating to PLS-SEM, 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 three months 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 February, 2010:
(1) February 12th and 13th -- 9:00AM until 1:00PM Eastern Standard Time (visit the following url to register):
https://www.regonline.com/smartpls-feb-12-13-2010; and
(2) February 26th and 27th -- 6:00PM until 10:00PM Eastern Standard Time (visit the following url to register):
https://www.regonline.com/smartpls-feb-26-27-2010.
(Note: you may have to copy and paste the above urls into your browser address bar should you encounter an error or a screen requesting a username and password)
The content and agenda for the two workshops is identical and is described on the bottom of this page. Both workshops run for 4 hours on two consecutive days.
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 or if you want a more detailed agenda. More information about Geoffrey Hubona and his background may be viewed at http://www.cis.gsu.edu/~ghubona. There is also more information available at http://pls-sem.com
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