COMPARING THE GROUP EFFECTS FOR A MODERATOR VARIABLE

Suppose one has the following research question to address: In which group (low education or higher education), the effect of moderator variable (education) is more pronounced? To address this RQ, the researcher needs to obtain the standardized estimate for the path of interest for both datasets. The procedure is demonstrated in Figure 20 and Figure 21.

***The standardized parameter estimate for “Low Education Group” is 0.22 while the same estimate for “High Education Group” is 0.15. Thus, one can conclude that the effect of X2 on Y is more pronounced in “Higher Education Group” compared to “Low Education Group”.

Now the researcher wants to determine the type of moderation that occurs in the X2 and Y relationship. The results show that the type of moderation here is full moderation since the standardized estimate for Low Education Group is not significant while the standardize estimate for High Education Group is significant. If both estimates are significant then partial moderation occurs.

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