Structural Equation Modelling in Information Sciences - James Gaskin

James Gaskin is a professor of Information Systems Management at Brigham Young University. 00:00 intro 07:00 Mismatch between Pedagogical Style and Student Needs  12:11 Behavioral Science and Structural Equation Modelling. 16:40  Cut-off scores in Model Acceptance in SEM 17:30  SEM on Big Data and Computational Intensity 20:14  Model Explanation in Academics vs Industry 21:16  Academic Trash Research Papers getting Published 23:35  Gerry-mandering of Data and Publishing Mafia 26:20  HTMT as Discriminant Validity Criteria and other Accuracy Metrics 28:20  Empirical vs Mathematical Convergence of Models and Compromise 29:51 Life as Gymnast and 31 Moves in Life, Japan, California and Malaysia 35:00 Failing High School and Relationship Stability  37:19 Data Scientist vs Academic Learning - Siloed Knowledge 49:39 Book ‘How to lie with Statistics’, John Perkins, Joseph Stiglitz and Political Manipulation of Data  44:22 Enron, Big Four and Cooking Books  47:26 Hedonist Motivation System, Pavlov’s Reinforcement and SEM 53:40 Futility of Research in Social Sciences and Remedy 55:40  Utrect University Abandons Citations for Hiring and Promotion of Faculty for Open Science 59:40 Work Path towards Ph.D in Australia. Practice vs Theory 01:03:00 Fixing the Academia and Failure. Video Journals for Research 01:07:49 Ratemyprofessor Score and Wrong Incentives for Teacher Rating 01:10:00 University Campus as Political Battlefields, Psychology and Conservatism 01:12:21 Dilemma of Academia vs Industry in Future 01:31:51 Favourite SEM software 01:17:40 Shortcomings of AMOS by IBM  01:19:36 Mediation and Moderation in Structural Models and Explainability 01:23:20 Dropout Regularisation, Second Generation Statistical Tools & Explainability 01:26:00 HC Moneyball and SEM for Understanding Dynamics 01:31:00  Path Analysis and Sales Data Modelling 01:532:41 Mediation and Moderation analysis and Prediction  01:37:40 The Invention Book and Mechanical Engineer 01:40:15  Daughters, Invention Book and Different temperaments 01:53:41 Mediation and Moderation analysis and Prediction