<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div>I would like to convey that, we dont have a formal
training in mediation-moderation analysis, and through the reference cited
above and other such materials we are able understand and implement the methods
(in R specifically)</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">We have attempted the procedure elaborated in (2) for a data
set (pertain to a study on extent of search by students) using 3 independent
variables (IV) and one mediating (M) variable. All IV, Mediating and dependent
variables (DV) are metric. </div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"> <b>Please find the attachment for the diagram depicts the relation </b> <br></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">We have attempted the procedure (in R) as </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in">b <- lm(MOT ~ TP + PC + PK,
data=MOD3)</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in">c <- lm(EXS ~ MOT+TP + PC + PK,
data=MOD3)</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in">OP <- mediate(b, c, sims=10,boot =
TRUE, treat="PK", mediator="MOT")</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in"><b>Your
valuable clarification needed:</b></div>
<div style="margin-top:0in"><span><span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span>I.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span>We run three times by replacing the IV in “treat=
“. Is this a right approach to study the mediating effect?</div>
<div style="margin-top:0in"><span><span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span>II.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>Please explain how to interpret the outputs
(though we understand the point and interval estimates) ACME, Mediation Effect,
Direct Effect, Total Effect, Proportion of Total Effect via Mediation.</div><div style="margin-top:0in"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in">It will be of more useful if you
could help us to clarify and use the methods more reasonably well</div>
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We thank in advance for your advice and
suggestion</div></body></html>