Estimating Models Combining Latent and Measured Variables: A Tutorial on Basics, Applications and Current Developments in Structural Equation Models and their Estimation using PLS Path Modeling

Abstract

Structural Equation Modeling is a powerful statistical approach where measured variables and those which are latent can be combined in a single model. In this half-day tutorial participants learned about the statistical technique, its theoretical underpinnings and gained sufficient insight to apply this technique in a practical sense to their own research problems.