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Academic Catalog 2018-2019 
    
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PSY-RSS08 Testing/Mediating/Moderating Hypotheses

1 semester credits
The goal of this Research Skills Seminar is to provide students with a framework for understanding moderation and mediation in the context of statistical modeling. At the conclusion of the seminar students will understand mediating and moderating relations, and will be able to test mediating and moderating relations using SPSS. Students will be exposed to modern approaches to testing moderating relationships that move beyond the Baron and Kenny model, including bootstrapping methods and structural modeling approaches.
Pre-requisites: PSY-717  
Delivery Method: In person
Grading Default: Credit/No Credit Only
Learning Outcome(s):  

  1. Be familiar with standard approaches to multiple (linear) regression analysis (MRA).
  2. Be able to test moderating relations using ANOVA and MRA.
  3. Understand the difference between direct and indirect effects in regression models and the logic of path analysis.
  4. Understand the nature of statistical mediation and moderation.
  5. Understand modern approaches to testing moderating relationships that move beyond the Baron and Kenny model, including bootstrapping methods and structural modeling approaches.
  6. Become proficient with IBM-SPSS and A. Hayes PROCESS software to run procedures to test for mediation and moderation.
  7. Be able to write narrative descriptions of analyses of mediation and moderation.



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