@article{2bcd7b4e4fb947c888b1424b9a52ea30,
title = "A review of using partial least square structural equation modeling in e-learning research",
abstract = "Partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) has become a key multivariate statistical modeling technique that educational researchers frequently use. This paper reviews the uses of PLS-SEM in 16 major e-learning journals, and provides guidelines for improving the use of PLS-SEM as well as recommendations for future applications in e-learning research. A total of 53 articles using PLS-SEM published in January 2009–August 2019 are reviewed. We assess these published applications in terms of the following key criteria: reasons for using PLS-SEM, model characteristics, sample characteristics, model evaluations and reporting. Our results reveal that small sample size and nonnormal data are the first two major reasons for using PLS-SEM. Moreover, we have identified how to extend the applications of PLS-SEM in the e-learning research field.",
author = "Lin, {Hung Ming} and Lee, {Min Hsien} and Liang, {Jyh Chong} and Chang, {Hsin Yi} and Pinchi Huang and Tsai, {Chin Chung}",
note = "Funding Information: This work was financially supported by the ?Institute for Research Excellence in Learning Sciences? of National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) from The Featured Areas Research Center Program within the framework of the Higher Education Sprout Project by the Ministry of Education (MOE) in Taiwan.This work is also, in part, sponsored by Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan under grant number MOST 107-2517-S-003 -001 -MY3. Funding Information: This work was financially supported by the “Institute for Research Excellence in Learning Sciences” of National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) from The Featured Areas Research Center Program within the framework of the Higher Education Sprout Project by the Ministry of Education (MOE) in Taiwan.This work is also, in part, sponsored by Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan under grant number MOST 107‐2517‐S‐003 ‐001 ‐MY3. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 British Educational Research Association",
year = "2020",
month = jul,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1111/bjet.12890",
language = "English",
volume = "51",
pages = "1354--1372",
journal = "British Journal of Educational Technology",
issn = "0007-1013",
publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell",
number = "4",
}