Course description

Research in business is characterised by an increasing sophistication in methods and models. This course provides students with an introduction to the fundamentals of structural equations with latent variables. The course is a natural extension of RBUS6902 Quantitative Business Research Methods I, which emphasises structural equations with observed variables (i.e., linear regression models). This second course focuses on the fundamental theory of latent variable SEM, though the course is not particularly mathematical. Emphasis is placed on the concepts and statistical theory of latent variable SEM. The fundamentals of the full generalised SEM model, and applications and extensions of the model are discussed. Emphasis is further placed on the application of SEM to research in business and cogent social science disciplines (e.g., applied economics and psychology).

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