Video 6 Chapter 0 Advanced

Advanced Topics in PLS-SEM

Higher-order constructs, multigroup analysis, out-of-sample prediction with PLSpredict, and cross-validated predictive ability tests (CVPAT) — the advanced toolkit for rigorous PLS-SEM in 2026.

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What you'll learn

  • Specify higher-order reflective and formative constructs in SEMinR
  • Run multigroup analysis (MGA) and interpret group differences
  • Use PLSpredict for out-of-sample predictive assessment
  • Run CVPAT to compare predictive ability across competing models

R practice in this video

  • > Split long scripts into 01_load.R, 02_measurement.R, 03_structural.R — recap of all 10 habits

Coming soon

This tutorial pairs with Video 6 in the series — the capstone covering the advanced toolkit. Full write-up will land when the video is published. The runnable example lives in seminr-pls-cvpat.R.