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leon winter posted on Tuesday, October 06, 2015 - 9:44 am
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Hey guys, I need to modify a variable in our Script from continuous to categorial. "magnitude" needs to be changed from continous (0 to 5) to categorial (i.e., 5 categories). We use this variable to investigate a moderated mediation. With "behaint" being the mediator and "mattr" being the outcome (DV). Thank you so much!! VARIABLE: NAMES = idno magnitude behaint mattr discrmb divb social gender; USEVARIABLES = magnitude behaint mattr discrmb divb social gender gen_now dis_now gen_pdm div_pdm; MISSING = ALL (-1); DEFINE: gen_now = gender*magnitude; dis_now = discrmb*magnitude; gen_pdm = gender*behaint; div_pdm = divb*behaint; ANALYSIS: TYPE = GENERAL; ESTIMATOR = ML; ITERATIONS = 1000; BOOTSTRAP = 10000; MODEL: !predict outcome, name paths as per diagram mattr ON social; mattr ON magnitude (cdash); mattr ON behaint (b1); mattr ON divb (b2); mattr ON gender (b3); mattr ON div_pdm (b4); mattr ON gen_pdm (b5); |
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The magnitude variable is an IV, not a DV so I wouldn't bother to change it from being treated as continuous. It would also be difficult to do as it is part of interactions. The MODEL does not show mediation. |
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leon winter posted on Wednesday, October 07, 2015 - 7:20 am
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cool! Thx for the feedback |
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