>>>>> "nick" == Nick Cox <[email protected]> writes:
nick> James Hesford
>> For partial least squares (PLS) I have used PLSGraph by
>> Wynne Chin of the University of Houston. The product is in
>> beta release and it appears to have fallen off his radar
>> screen. From what I know of Stata, it may be possible but
>> not really feasible.
nick> I don't know this distinction means.
nick> There is no reason I can see why PLS
nick> would not be programmable in Stata. However,
nick> it is not clear that anyone has done it.
I'll take the opposite tact - it is clear that it can be done in
Stata. Most of the tools (matrix decompositions) exist. Just do it
:-).
best,
-tony
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