Inferential Techniques-Keeping up with Market-places Becoming More Complex and Dynamic. With regard to the inferential techniques applied in the papers in our database, we distinguish between regression analysis (e.g., OLS, Logit, Tobit), analysis of variance (e.g., (M)ANOVA, (M)ANCOVA), structural equation modeling (e.g., CBSEM,PLS), other simultaneous equation models (e.g., 2SLS, 3SLS,SUR), and correlation analysis (e.g., canonical correlation, partial correlation). Table 5 summarizes the numbers of articles using various inferential techniques in our database.