From Graduate Student to Professor - James Gaskin
Channel: Minhaaj Rehman
Date: 2021-07-03

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. 

Full Episode: https://youtu.be/BQ_kQP1lNBw?list=PLtluUSnvgbdF7MlqjX5-IVMCkFGTrEWlz

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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