NOTE** You will choose either moderation or mediation for your statistics assignment where you conduct an analysis in SPSS. You need to use the other test for your journal article critique this week. This means if you do moderation in your SPSS assignment then you would choose an article for the journal article critique assignment where the author(s) used mediation. If you choose mediation for your SPSS assignment, then you would choose an article where the author(s) used moderation.

To prepare

· Review the datasets provided. ( Attached)

· Construct a research question based on one of those datasets.

· Use either moderation or mediation in your multiple regression analysis to answer your research question.

Assignment #1

Based on the research question you created, complete the following tasks:

1. Fit a multiple regression model, testing whether a moderating or mediating variable affects the relationship between the predictor and the outcome variable. Think about whether or not the model will meet assumptions.

2. Fit the model, testing for moderation or mediating relationship between variables.

3. Analyze the output, determining whether moderation or mediation was statistically significant and how to interpret that result.

4. Reflect on possible implications of social change.

Write a 1- to 2-paragraph analysis in APA format that includes your data output and addresses each of the tasks listed above.

(A helpful guide on Moderation is provided)