A Step-by-Step Guide: PLS-SEM Data Analysis Using SmartPLS 4 (Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling)
New users often face a gap between a diagram in a paper and the steps required with their own data. Chua Yan Piaw’s A Step-by-Step Guide PLS-SEM Data Analysis Using SmartPLS 4 is worth investigating for a task-oriented route across that gap (Chua, 2024).
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A Step-by-Step Guide
PLS-SEM Data Analysis Using SmartPLS 4
Researchtree · Updated version · EnglishISBN 9798790562594Original book cover; the language and edition are identified alongside it.
Focus the learning goal
The author’s catalog lists a 2024 updated version, ISBN 9798790562594, originating in 2022. This focused title differs from the broader CB-SEM, PROCESS and regression book. “4” identifies the software, not a fourth book edition.
A focused resource can help bound the immediate learning task instead of making every software feature feel compulsory.
Read steps with a purpose
For any practical guide, write the purpose before the operation and its meaning afterward. Once an example works, attempt it without the instructions. Gaps reveal where understanding remains incomplete.
Keep a methodological foundation text alongside practical reading. Measurement specification and interpretation need reasons, not simply a sequence of commands.
Exercise created by Lê Minh: keep a hypothetical diagram, construct definitions, indicator list and execution log. After each session, record one insight and one unresolved question. Label practice data as illustrative. Then change one justified choice and explain which results change, rather than seeking more favorable statistics.
One useful study output is a short explanation of why a particular result belongs in the report. If a table cannot be connected to the research question, producing it successfully is not yet a reason to retain it.
Verify the supplied version
This introduction relies on the author’s public book record, not a full-text chapter-by-chapter review. Ask for the contents of the supplied version and check its update and ISBN. A workshop syllabus is not a substitute for a book’s contents. Readers needing several analytical families can compare the broader Chua title; those building basic PLS-SEM practice may prefer a more focused starting point.
Choose a companion reading
Continue with: A Primer on Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) (Third edition · English); A Step-by-Step Guide to SmartPLS 4 (2024 · English).
Source and edition
Chua, Y. P. (2024). A step-by-step guide PLS-SEM data analysis using SmartPLS 4 (Updated version; original publication 2022). Researchtree.