Research 4.2 Moderation

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  • Created on: 03-05-17 12:12
define moderation
when the strength and or direction of the predictor and outcome relationship changes depending on the value of a third variable
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moderation investigates ______ the predictor influences the outcome variable
when
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moderation is all about what
interactions
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what effects do you have in moderation
2 main effects (X>Y) and (M>Y) and 1 interaction effect (XM>Y)
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How do you know if there is moderation
the interaction effect is significant
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what do you need to distinguish M and X
a good theory
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in moderation analysis you MUST do what
account for the main effects of both the predictor and the moderation in the regression
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otherwise what will happen
the interaction and main effects are confounded, and a significant interaction cannot be interrpreted
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because the value for the predictor change depending on the value of the moderator, what question do you have to ask yourself
at what value of the moderator do we want to estimate the predictor
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what does b1 mean
the relationship between the predictor and the outcome
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but what is the problem with it
its estimated by SPSS when all other variables in the model are zero
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this is what
not useful
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therefore what is the solution
transform the variable so that it has a mean of zero
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how do we do this
grand mean centring
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how do you grand mean centre
subtract the mean from each participants score
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when reporting moderation effects, because we have used the grand mean centering what do we need to mention
at the mean of the __________
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how do we report the rest of it
there was/was not a positive/negative relationship b = (b value), t = (t value), p < (p value), 95% CI [low, upper]
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what type of analysis do you do after moderation analysis
simple slopes
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simple slopes analysis estimates the relationship between the predictor an outcome at how many levels of the moderator
3
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what are these 3 levels
low level (-1SD below mean), mean, high level (+1SD above mean)
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when reporting the simple slopes analysis, what do we have to add in front
when the *insert moderator name* is low/at the mean/is high
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how do we report the rest of it
here was/was not a positive/negative relationship b = (b value), t = (t value), p < (p value), 95% CI [low, upper]
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What is the regression equation
Y = B0 + B1X1 + Error
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