@inproceedings{e9a990813ae642d9b5018e183b5d5ecf,
title = "PLS and Educational Research: Epistemological and Methodological Interpretations in Philosophy",
abstract = "Based on the epistemological foundations of both empirical and normative research paradigms, this chapter clarifies the philosophical foundations of both research paradigms in terms of research methods in the social sciences. Given the social scientific character of educational research, it is more suitable for quantitative research advocated by empiricism. While partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) plays a unique role in its ability to scientifically address the relationships between educational phenomena. The result of this chapter is critical for understanding that PLS-SEM is proposed to be an important analytical tool in educational research and that its role needs to be valued by scholars.",
keywords = "Educational research, Epistemology, Methodology, PLS-SEM, Philosophy",
author = "Hongfeng Zhang and Haoqun Yan and Lam, \{Johnny F.I.\}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2023, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.; PLS 2022: 2022 International Conference on Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling ; Conference date: 06-09-2022 Through 09-09-2022",
year = "2023",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-031-34589-0\_30",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783031345883",
series = "Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics",
publisher = "Springer Nature",
pages = "377--381",
editor = "L{\u a}cr{\u a}mioara Radomir and Raluca Ciornea and Huiwen Wang and Yide Liu and Ringle, \{Christian M.\} and Marko Sarstedt and Marko Sarstedt",
booktitle = "State of the Art in Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) - Methodological Extensions and Applications in the Social Sciences and Beyond",
address = "United States",
}