4 ms·
> If you are doing linear regression with correlated variables. PLS is the correct choice. False. PLS (Partial Least Squares) is an ad-hoc algorithm that was i
by n00b101 13y ago
> If you are doing linear regression with correlated variables. PLS is the correct choice.
False. PLS (Partial Least Squares) is an ad-hoc algorithm that was invented by people working in chemometrics. PLS was not based on any rigorous statistical theory, it is merely a heuristic. It might appear to work reasonably well on some data sets, but asserting that "PLS is the correct choice" is cargo cult science.
- tlarkworthy 13y ago"cargo cult science" Um, no, unless you have decided a ton of empirical peer reviewed journal articles are written by cargo cult scientists? the same general argument you make can be said of PCA ... but it works. We know it works becuase it can be used to predict the real world.