Original Article

Don’t Throw the Baby Out With the Bathwater: Comments on “Recent Developments in PLS” Abstract:Evermann and Rönkkö (2023) review recent developments in partial least squares (PLS) with the aim of providing guidance to researchers. Indeed, the explosion of methodological advances in PLS in the last decade necessitates such overview articles. Read more

Going beyond the untold facts in PLS–SEM and moving forward AbstractPurpose – This paper aims to discuss recent criticism related to partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM).Design/methodology/approach – Using a combination of literature reviews, empirical examples, and simulation evidence, this research demonstrates that critical accounts of PLS-SEM paint an Read more

Don’t Throw the Baby Out With the Bathwater: Comments on “Recent Developments in PLS” Abstract:Evermann and Rönkkö (2023) overview recent advances in PLS, and while they describe some advances with several useful recommendations, we argue that they do not fully deliver on their paper’s promise. In this response, we argue Read more

On the role of partial least squares in path analysis for the social sciences R. Dennis Cook , Liliana Forzani b, School of Statistics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, United States of America Facultad de Ingeniería Química, UNL. Researcher of CONICET, Santa Fe, Argentina A B S T R Read more