Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) in R: Intro to R and SEM (with Nicholas Danks)

Autor: Ovidiu Ioan Moisescu

20 Iunie 2023 - 23 Iunie 2023

We invite UBB-FSEGA teaching staff, researchers and PhD students to attend the workshop on Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) in R: Intro to R and SEM, delivered by Nicholas Danks, Associate Professor of Business Analytics at Trinity College Dublin.

Nicholas’ research focuses on structural equation modeling, partial least squares path modeling, predictive methodology, and programming. Nicholas is a co-author and the primary maintainer of SEMinR, an open-source package for the R Statistical Environment for the estimation and evaluation of PLS path models. He publishes in journals such as Management Science, Human Resource Management Journal, Decision Science, and Journal of Business Research. To find out more about him and read some of his published papers check his Research Gate or Google Scholar profile.

Workshop schedule

Tuesday, 20 June 2023, 10.00-14.00

10.00-10.30: Warm up and greetings
10.30-12.00: Introduction to R and Rstudio
12.00-12.30: Coffee and snack
12.30-14.00: Homework and tutorial session

Wednesday, 21 June 2023, 10.00-14.00

10.00-12.00: Introduction to SEM and PLS in R
12.00-13.00: Coffee and lunch
13.00-14.00: Homework and tutorial session

Thursday, 22 June 2023, 10.00-14.00

10.00-12.00: Model Evaluation and problem solving
12.00-13.00: Coffee and lunch
13.00-14.00: Homework and tutorial session

Friday, 23 June 2023, 10.00-14.00

10.00-12.00: Advanced topics – mediation and moderation and prediction
12.00-13.00: Coffee and lunch
13.00-14.00: Homework and tutorial session

Workshop location

Babeș-Bolyai University
Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
Room 118

Prerequisites

UBB-FSEGA teaching staff, researchers and PhD students need to register using the FSEGA Online platform by Monday, 12 June 2023

Please do put several hours aside before the workshop in order to achieve the following:

1. Install R for your computer: https://www.datacamp.com/tutorial/installing-R-windows-mac-ubuntu
2. Install R Studio for your computer: https://rstudio-education.github.io/hopr/starting.html
3. Install swirl in R: https://swirlstats.com/students.html (see how: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XyrGwp3JRA)
4. Complete Lesson 1 in swirl

Do not be discouraged, do not be overwhelmed. Simply do as much as you can and make any and all progress you can before in-person class. We will recap these topics later.

Resources (All free, open-access, or open-source):

SEMinR Facebook Group: An ask-and-answer format help group for general SEM problems or queries.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/seminr

Research with Fawad: Youtube tutorial videos for SEM in SEMinR and SmartPLS. General research resource.
https://www.youtube.com/@ResearchWithFawad

Textbook: Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) Using R TEXTBOOK
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-80519-7

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