Practical guides for postgraduate researchers in Malaysia and beyond — written from the regulations, the software and real project work.
The 10 times rule fails badly — in one test it recommended 20 respondents where the true minimum was 599. Here are the exact G*Power steps, a lookup table, and the inverse square root cross-check.
How to Calculate Sample Size for PLS-SEM Using G*Power (Step by Step) Read More »
Both — 0.85 for conceptually distinct constructs, 0.90 for similar ones. But since 2019 the test is whether the bootstrap upper bound is below the threshold, not whether the interval excludes 1.
HTMT Discriminant Validity: Is the Threshold 0.85 or 0.90? Read More »
Who sits on the panel, how long it runs, whether it can still be online, what each verdict is actually called, and how long you get to make corrections — from the regulations at five Malaysian universities.
What Actually Happens at a Malaysian Viva Voce: UKM, UPM, UTM, UM and USM Read More »
Margins, word limits, Turnitin caps, abstract rules and binding colours at five Malaysian universities, side by side — read from each university’s own current guideline.
Thesis Formatting in Malaysia: UM, UPM, UKM, USM and UTM Compared Read More »
