Understanding Moderation and Mediation in Statistical Analysis

Exploring the concepts of moderation and mediation in statistical analysis, this content discusses how these processes help clarify the relationships between variables. It highlights the role of mediation in understanding real-world phenomena and addresses the need for specialized software for mediation analysis. The images provided illustrate the concepts and practical applications of moderation and mediation.

• Statistical analysis
• Moderation
• Mediation
• Data interpretation
• Jamovi

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1. Applied Statistical Analysis EDUC 6050 Week 12 Finding clarity using data

2. Today Moderation vs. Mediation 2

3. Moderation Mediation Tells us about the path of an effect from one variable to an intermediate one then to the outcome Jamovi does not have built in ways to performs this The effect of X goes through M to Y Synonym for interaction Jamovi performs this The effect of X on Y depends on M 3

4. Moderation Mod X Y 4

5. Mediation Med X Y 5

6. Mediation Use specialized software for this (Jamovi can t do it yet) Be aware of it but you do not need to know how to do it for this class 6

7. Why Do We Talk About Mediation? Helps us think more about how things are actually happening in the real world Helps us think about confounding better 7

8. The Four Confounds 8 From Richard McElreath

9. No Application This Week 9

10. Questions? Please post them to the discussion board before class starts 10