Use Data1 for the following points:

*Data is clean in terms of multivariate outliers with the needed variables in their current states (will need to check after you calculate the interaction term).
Assume normality and linearity are adequate.

Analysis:
Please conduct the analysis that will answer the following questions (complete both parts a and b for the question):
• (a) Do school belonging (time 1) and perceived teacher expectancies (time 1) predict student self-efficacy (time 2)?
• (b) Is the relationship between school belonging (time 1) and student self-efficacy (time 2) moderated by perceived teacher expectancies (time 1)?

Discussion Questions:
1. How do the effects of the continuous IV’s look different when you do and don’t include the interaction (how does your interpretation change between parts a and b?)
2. Explain/give an interpretation of any significant interaction.
3. Does the interaction exist for the entire range of the moderator or is it limited to certain regions of significance?

Presentation of Results
Results:
You should include the following:

• Check for outliers using newly created term.
• Hypothesis testing: results of the hypotheses tested with all necessary supporting information either in paragraph or table format as appropriate.
• If there is a significant interaction (and there should be…), conduct the analyses that are necessary to explain the nature of the interaction (what is the equation at high, medium and low levels of the moderator).

• Include a graphical presentation of the interaction.
• Complete any necessary ‘probing of the interaction’ to determine regions of significance if appropriate.
• Be sure to explain in terms of the constructs what your model suggests.

Results #3
Use the Data2 for this exercise.

Determine if perceived teacher competence is a mediator between effort and overall amount learned.

Complete this exercise using SPSS and the “Baron & Kenny” regression method and also using the PROCESS procedure. (include both sets of results in you SPSS output that is uploaded to Bb).

Questions

Please give complete but concise responses to the following questions regarding the analyses you have conducted.

Explain any differences between the B&K approach and the PROCESS output.
Write a short (1-2 sentence) summary of your model findings (write in terms of constructs). What does your model suggest?
What is the bootstrapped CI for the indirect effect? Is it significant?
Conduct a Sobel test using your SPSS output—is it significant?

5 Add a second mediator (perceived teacher caring) to your model using PROCESS. Draw a picture of this model filling in path coefficients. Write 3-5 sentences explaining the model.

Write up
Note: Write up your results using the Baron & Kenny method describing what steps you took and the results of your analysis (APA format). Include a diagram of the proposed model.

You should include the following:
• Hypotheses that correspond to the above question.
• Results: Divide this into two sections.
o Descriptive statistics: Table of the correlations among all variables in the study.
o Hypothesis testing: results of the hypotheses tests. [Do NOT include the model from #5 above.]
• Discussion: Include a brief discussion of your results. Be sure to explain clear the mediational relationship.