James Gaskin is a professor of Information Systems Management at Brigham Young University in Utah. He is known for his SEM modeling videos on his Youtube channels viewed over a million times.
Video Link: https://youtu.be/BQ_kQP1lNBw?list=PLtluUSnvgbdF7MlqjX5-IVMCkFGTrEWlz
Timestamps of the Conversation:
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
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