The project

This project contains covariance-based structural equation modeling (CB-SEM) examples in SmartPLS. These are mostly examples from well-known textbooks on the CB-SEM method. In these textbooks, the models are calculated with different CB-SEM software applications like IBM SPSS Amos, LISREL, MPlus, EQS, but also R packages like lavaan. The CB-SEM examples use the textbook data that can be read into CB-SEM projects in SmartPLS as raw data, but also as covariance or correlation matrices. These examples demonstrate that the CB-SEM implementation in SmartPLS provides the same results as presented in these textbooks.

IBM SPSS Amos Example 6

IBM SPSS Amos Example 6

Arbuckle, J. L. (2021). IBM® SPSS® Amos™ 28 User’s Guide. IBM SPSS.

Byrne's SEM textbook

Byrne's Amos Textbook Example using SmartPLS

Byrne, B. M. (2016). Structural Equation Modeling with AMOS: Basic Concepts, Applications, and Programming (Multivariate Applications) (3 ed.). Routledge.

Diamantopoulos & Siguaw's LISREL textbook

LISREL Example using SmartPLS

Diamantopoulos, A., & Siguaw, J. A. (2000). Introducing LISREL. Sage.

Diamantopoulos' Formative measure in CB-SEM

Formative Measures in CB-SEM

Diamantopoulos, A. (2011). Incorporating Formative Measures into Covariance-Based Structural Equation Models. MIS Quarterly, 35(2), 335-358.

Hair and co-author's multivariate data analysis textbook example for CB-SEM

Multivariate Data Analysis Textbook Example for CB-SEM using SmartPLS

Hair, J. F., Black, W. C., Babin, B. J., & Anderson, R. E. (2018). Multivariate Data Analysis (8 ed.). Cengage Learning.

Mplus example

Mplus CB-SEM example

Mplus example: chapter 5, ex11.

Rigdon's CB-SEM handbook example on customer satisfaction and loyalty

Rigdon's CB-SEM handbook example on customer satisfaction and loyalty

Rigdon, E. E. (1998). Structural Equation Modeling. In G. A. Marcoulides (Ed.), Modern Methods for Business Research (pp. 251-294). Lawrence Erlbaum.

Kline's CB-SEM textbook example on job satisfaction

Kline's CB-SEM Textbook Example on Job Satisfaction using SmartPLS

Kline, R. B. (2023). Principles and Practice of Structural Equation Modeling (5 ed.). Guilford Press.

Schumacker & Lomax's CB-SEM guide for beginners

A Beginner's Guide to SEM Example using SmartPLS

Schumacker, R. E., & Lomax, R. G. (2010). A Beginner's Guide to Structural Equation Modeling (3 ed.). Routledge.

Download and import

Simply download the project and import it into SmartPLS 4.