recursive relationships and correlations

Questions about the implementation and application of the PLS-SEM method, that are not related to the usage of the SmartPLS software.
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Victormaas
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recursive relationships and correlations

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Hi!

I hope someone can help me out and tell me how to deal with two independent variables (LV's) which I believe are correlated. Is there any way to take account of this correlation without drawing a path and thus implying a cause-effect relationship? I tried drawing a two paths (implying a recursive relationship...) but PLS does not accept that...

Thanks!
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Re: recursive relationships and correlations

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In LISREL (covariance based) you must draw the covariance, but in PLS you don´t need.

See viewtopic.php?t=125

IN the output you could see de matrix of correlations between LVs.

PLS minimize the error´s covariance (predictive efficient), LISREL minimize the diference between data and predicted matrix of covariance.

Best regards.
Prof. Dr. Diogenes de Souza Bido
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