Partial Least square

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Partial Least square

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Hi every one
could any body answer me what is the meaning of ( partial ) in partial least square
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In one step the algorithm compute the outer model (measurement) in the next the inner model (structural) and goes on until the convergence.
In structural equation modeling covariance based 9LISREL, AMOS, EQS) all coefficients are computed in the same step.
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