Analyses
A catalog of statistical procedures
Every card below is a real, implemented analysis you can run in ResearchPLS today.
SEM & Modeling
PLS-SEM
Free trialPartial least squares structural equation modeling for composite-based path models with reflective or formative indicators.
CB-SEM
ProfessionalCovariance-based structural equation modeling and confirmatory factor analysis, fit via maximum likelihood.
GSCA
ProfessionalGeneralized Structured Component Analysis -- an alternating least squares component-based alternative to PLS-SEM.
Statistical Analysis
Regression
ProfessionalMultiple linear regression with the full standard diagnostic output set.
Logistic Regression
ProfessionalBinary logistic regression for categorical outcome variables.
Bootstrapping
ProfessionalNonparametric resampling for significance testing, available across every analysis in ResearchPLS.
Mediation Analysis
ProfessionalBootstrap-based testing of indirect effects through one or more mediating variables.
Moderation Analysis
ProfessionalInteraction-effect testing for continuous or categorical moderator variables.
Moderated Mediation
ProfessionalConditional process analysis combining mediation and moderation in a single model.
Prediction & Advanced Analysis
Multigroup Analysis (MGA)
ProfessionalTests whether path coefficients differ significantly between predefined groups.
Measurement Invariance (MICOM)
ProfessionalConfigural, compositional, and full invariance testing -- a required precondition for a valid MGA.
IPMA
ProfessionalImportance-Performance Map Analysis -- contrasts a construct's total effect against its average performance.
NCA
ProfessionalNecessary Condition Analysis -- identifies whether a predictor is a necessary (not just sufficient) condition for an outcome.
FIMIX-PLS
ProfessionalFinite mixture segmentation that detects unobserved heterogeneity in a PLS-SEM sample.
PLS-POS
ProfessionalPLS prediction-oriented segmentation for identifying latent classes in the structural model.
Gaussian Copula
ProfessionalA statistical correction for endogeneity when a valid instrumental variable is not available.
Confirmatory Tetrad Analysis
ProfessionalTests whether a block of indicators is better modeled as reflective or formative.
Model Comparison & Selection
ProfessionalCompares competing model specifications using in-sample information criteria.
Sample Size & Power Analysis
ProfessionalA priori sample-size planning and post-hoc power sensitivity for a fitted structural model.