Advanced Quantitative Research: Smart-PLS, fsQCA & ANN Masterclass

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05/03/2026

Five-Day Online Faculty Development Programme

Advanced Quantitative Research: Smart-PLS, fsQCA & ANN

(2 Months SmartPLS 4 Professional Version Keys sponsored by SmartPLS, Germany)

Research Anchor is organizing a Five-Day Online Faculty Development Programme (FDP) focused on advanced research methodologies widely used in contemporary empirical research.

The programme aims to help researchers develop expertise in Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA), and Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) for advanced data analysis and publication-oriented research.


Programme Details

Item

Details

Programme

Advanced Quantitative Research: Smart-PLS, fsQCA & ANN Masterclass

Dates

13 – 17 April 2026

Time

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM (IST)

Mode

Online

SmartPLS-4 Keys

2 Months SmartPLS 4 Professional Version Keys sponsored by SmartPLS, Germany

Audience

Faculty Members, PhD Scholars, Research Associates, Working Professionals


Resource Person

Prof. Manoj Kumar Mishra
Assistant Professor - Faculty of Management

Prof. Mishra has 16 years of academic experience and has published 40+ research papers in national and international journals, including Scopus indexed (Q1/Q2) and ABDC-listed journals.

He has conducted more than 100 workshops and FDPs on research methodology across leading institutions in India.

He has expertise in multiple statistical and analytical tools including:

SPSS, AMOS, JAMOVI, SmartPLS, Power BI, Tableau, Meta-Essentials, NVivo, EViews, STATA, R-Studio, and fsQCA.


Programme Schedule

Day

Topics Covered

Day 1

Introduction to SEM, difference between CB-SEM and PLS-SEM, measurement and structural model specification, reflective and formative constructs, SmartPLS interface

Day 2

Measurement model assessment, structural model evaluation, mediation analysis, predictive power (Q²), model fit (SRMR), PLS Predict, CVPAT

Day 3

Moderation, moderated mediation, multi-group analysis (MGA), MICOM, IPMA, cIPMA, Necessary Condition Analysis (NCA)

Day 4

Mixed-method research using Fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA)

Day 5

Nonlinear modeling using Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) and research applications


Registration Fee

Category

Fee

Indian Participants

INR 950

International Participants

USD 30 - Register Here

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