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How to Write Up and Report PLS Analyses

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The objective of this paper is to provide a basic framework for researchers interested in reporting the results of their PLS analyses. Since the dominant paradigm in reporting Structural Equation Modeling results is covariance based, this paper begins by providing a discussion of key differences and rationale that researchers can use to support their use of PLS. This is followed by two examples from the discipline of Information Systems. The first consists of constructs with reflective indicators (mode A). This is followed up with a model that includes a construct with formative indicators (mode B).

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  1. Department of Decision and Information Sciences, Bauer College of Business, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA

    Wynne W. Chin

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  1. Dept. Inf. Systems & Decision Sciences, ESSEC Business School of Paris, av. Bernard Hirsch, Cergy Pontoise CX, 95021, France

    Vincenzo Esposito Vinzi

  2. Bauer College of Business, University of Houston, Houston, 77204-6282, U.S.A.

    Wynne W. Chin

  3. Nijmegen School of Management, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands

    Jörg Henseler

  4. School of Economics & Management, BeiHang University, XueYuan Road 37, Beijing, 100083, China, People's Republic

    Huiwen Wang

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Chin, W.W. (2010). How to Write Up and Report PLS Analyses. In: Esposito Vinzi, V., Chin, W., Henseler, J., Wang, H. (eds) Handbook of Partial Least Squares. Springer Handbooks of Computational Statistics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-32827-8_29

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