RT Journal Article T1 Partial least squares (PLS)methods: origins, evolution and application to social sciences A1 Mateos-Aparicio Morales, Gregoria AB This article attempts to clarify some of the existing doubts about PLS methods and in an integrative capacity, allow them to be better understood. The historical evolution included here starts by describing the prior knowledge which led the originator of partial least squares (PLS), the Swedish professor Herman Wold, to develop PLS techniques. Next, the emergence of PLS Regression is described. After that, the parallel development of PLS-Path Modeling, the PLS approach for structural equation modeling, is presented. Lastly, the different algorithms and software are listed and a description is given of how PLS-Path Modeling has been implemented in social sciences PB Copyright © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC SN 0361-0926 print/1532-415X online YR 2011 FD 2011-04-13 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/41963 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/41963 LA spa NO To cite this Article: Mateos-Aparicio, Gregoria(2011) 'Partial Least Squares (PLS) Methods: Origins, Evolution, and Application to Social Sciences', Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods, 40: 13, 2305 — 2317To link to this Article: DOI: 10.1080/03610921003778225URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03610921003778225 DS Docta Complutense RD 5 abr 2025