AGENDA (preliminary)

Time Day 1: Wednesday, November 9, 2011
10:00 - 11:45 Recap Statistics; Introduction to Exploratory Factor Analysis
12:00 - 13:00 Exploratory Factor Analysis
14:00 - 15:45 Exercise session with SPSS
16:15 - 17:30 Scale Development/Index Construction; Single Item Measurement

Time Day 2: Thursday, November 10, 2011
09:00 - 10:30 SEM basics; characteristics of PLS; applications; formative vs. reflective
11:00 - 12:30 Software tutorial: SmartPLS software environment and data entry
14:00 - 15:30 PLS algorithm essentials; creating valid PLS path models; software tutorial
16:00 - 17:30 Reliability and validity assessment; software tutorial

Time Day 3: Friday, November 11, 2011
9:00 - 10:30 Interpreting PLS path modeling estimates; bootstrap; software tutorial
11:00 - 12:30 Analyzing mediating effects; software tutorial
14:00 - 15:30 Analyzing moderating effects; software tutorial
16:00 - 17:30 Multi-group analysis; measurement invariance; software tutorial

Time Day 4: Saturday, November 12, 2011
9:00 - 10:30 FIMIX-PLS segmentation; software tutorial
11:00 - 12:30 Goodness of fit (GoF); blindfolding; 2nd-order constructs; software tutorial
13:30 - 15:00 Importance-performance matrix analysis; software tutorial
15:30 - 16:30 LISREL vs. PLS; wrap up