IEERD organized a workshop on “Structural Equation Modeling”

 

On 07 December 2019, Institute of Energy, Environment, Research and Development (IEERD), UAP organized a workshop titled “Structural Equation Modeling: An Introduction”. The workshop was conducted by Dr. Mahbubul Haque, Associate Professor, Department of Business Administration, University of Asia Pacific (UAP). The workshop was attended by 27 faculty members and 4 postgraduate students of UAP.

Dr Mahbubul Haque explained the importance of Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) that is a sophisticated statistical technique widely used in investigating the relationships between/among a set of variables. It has found its diverse use across various disciplines, such, as, Business, Engineering, Pharmacology, Education, Environment, Psychology, Sociology, etc.

With hands on training, this five hours long workshop helps the participants to:
• Develop a basic understanding of SEM: measurement model & structural model;
• Gain a hands-on experience of running the AMOS software;
• Analyze the model fitness and statistical significance of the relationships between or among variables
in a research framework;
• Report the findings gathered through SPSS & AMOS software

Among others, Professor Shahriyar Anam, Sarwar Razzaq Chowdhury (Registrar UAP) and Professor Dr. Muhammad Mizanur Rahaman, Director, IEERD were present in this workshop.