[AISWorld] PLS Applications Symposium; 6-8 April 2022; Laredo, Texas (Abstract submissions accepted until 18 February 2022)

[Ned Kock]

PLS Applications Symposium; 6-8 April 2022; Laredo, Texas

(Abstract submissions accepted until 18 February 2022)



*** Attendance (face-to-face or online) ***



The Symposium will be conducted as part of the multidisciplinary Annual
Western Hemispheric Trade Conference, organized by the Center for the Study
of Western Hemispheric Trade. Our workshop in PLS-SEM will be conducted
entirely online. Our expectation is that participants will be allowed to
attend Conference sessions either face-to-face or online.



When indicating the type of their submission, participants should indicate
whether they intend to attend face-to-face or online. This should be done
within parentheses after indicating the submission type. For example -
"Type of submission: Presentation (online)".



Due to the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Center reserves the
right to transition to a fully virtual Conference to comply with guidelines
from the CDC as well as state and local governments.



*** Only abstracts are needed for the submissions ***



The partial least squares (PLS) method has increasingly been used in a
variety of fields of research and practice, particularly in the context of
PLS-based structural equation modeling (SEM). The focus of this Symposium
is on the application of PLS-based methods, from a multidisciplinary
perspective. For types of submissions, deadlines, and other details, please
visit the Symposium’s web site:



http://plsas.net



*** Workshop on PLS-SEM ***



On 6 April 2022 a full-day workshop on PLS-SEM will be conducted by Dr. Ned
Kock and Dr. Geoffrey Hubona, using the software WarpPLS. Dr. Kock is the
original developer of this software, which is one of the leading PLS-SEM
tools today; used by thousands of researchers from a wide variety of
disciplines, and from many different countries. Dr. Hubona has extensive
experience conducting research and teaching topics related to PLS-SEM,
using WarpPLS and a variety of other tools. This workshop will be hands-on
and interactive, and will have two parts: (a) basic PLS-SEM issues,
conducted in the morning (9 am - 12 noon) by Dr. Hubona; and (b)
intermediate and advanced PLS-SEM issues, conducted in the afternoon (2 pm
- 5 pm) by Dr. Kock. Participants may attend either one, or both of the two
parts.



The following topics, among others, will be covered - Running a Full
PLS-SEM Analysis - Conducting a Moderating Effects Analysis - Viewing
Moderating Effects via 3D and 2D Graphs - Creating and Using Second Order
Latent Variables - Viewing Indirect and Total Effects - Viewing Skewness
and Kurtosis of Manifest and Latent Variables - Viewing Nonlinear
Relationships - Solving Collinearity Problems - Conducting a Factor-Based
PLS-SEM Analysis - Using Consistent PLS Factor-Based Algorithms - Exploring
Statistical Power and Minimum Sample Sizes - Exploring Conditional
Probabilistic Queries - Exploring Full Latent Growth - Conducting
Multi-Group Analyses - Assessing Measurement Invariance - Creating Analytic
Composites.



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Ned Kock

Symposium Chair

https://plsas.net