Do I need to do linear regression before running mediation analysis using PROCESS MACRO by Hayes ?

I just wanted to check if I need to run a linear regression separately if I am using PROCESS MACRO to run mediation analysis. Thank you.

02 March 2021 4,359 3 View

What could be some reasons why unstimulated monocytes are getting activated?

Im doing PBMC isolation -> CD14+ enrichment using magnetic beads -> stimulation setup. My negative control is just cells in cRPMI but they seem to get activated over and over again.

28 February 2021 7,883 3 View

Python - TRNSYS link not working with Type169?

I used Type169 for data exchange between Python and TRNSYS. Unfortunately, facing the following error. No proper documentation is available for this part. TRNSYS Message 105: A TYPE was called in...

14 February 2021 5,577 1 View

In a xrd pattern how to check if any of the peak is due to presence of super lattice(SL)? Any conditions to check & confirm SL peaks?

I have a xrd pattern, in that i suspect that one of the peak may be due to SL, i want to understand how to confirm it or reject it

07 January 2021 5,534 3 View

Please help me out with this question. Does the assumption of normality need to be met for a mediation analysis in PROCESS in SPSS?

Does the assumption of normality need to be met for a mediation analysis in PROCESS MACRO in SPSS?

06 January 2021 2,195 6 View

An author's institutional affiliation was different at the time of the study and while writing up, which one should be provided for publication?

All the researchers of a study have moved to a different institution. We conducted the research while we were at the old institution. Now, as we write-up the manuscript for journal publication,...

08 November 2020 285 3 View

Can anyone help with this doubt on sample characteristics in a prevalence study-regarding its homogeneity and generalizability?

Background-In a community-based prevalence study, sampling was done from different geographical regions using probability proportional to sample size method and random sampling of individuals...

28 July 2020 5,748 3 View

Can a study design and rationale paper (or a protocol) be written for publication after the study is completed?

My team has an afterthought on writing up the study design for publication after study completion. The study is completed and while writing up the results manuscript, we feel that the methods...

08 May 2020 5,230 11 View

Can a individual without affiliation to a university or research institute publish research papers? What would be the journals stand in such case?

I wonder how an individual would publish his ideas or his theory on scientific or as matter of fact in any field, if he is not affiliated to any university or firm or any institute?

28 April 2020 3,353 9 View

Does fatigue strain life approach is valid for stress value below yield stress?

While doing fatigue calculation stress life gives higher damage, but the strain life approach gives good life.The stress value is less than yield point.Is it valid to use strain life approach for...

29 July 2019 6,869 3 View

How to compare two groups with only two measurements?

Hiiiii everyone! I have an enquiry on statistical analysis. I was looking for many forum and it's still cannot solve my problem. I want to compare means of two groups of data but only with two...

03 March 2021 8,796 3 View

What's the best way to measure growth rates in House sparrow chicks from day 2 to day 10?

What's the best way to measure growth rates in House sparrow chicks from day 2 to day 10? Since, the growth curve from day 2 to 10 won't be like the "Logistic curve" it might not follow logistic...

03 March 2021 1,401 3 View

How to increase a model accuracy ?

dear community, my model is based feature extraction from non stationary signals using discrete Wavelet Transform and then using statistical features then machine learning classifiers in order to...

03 March 2021 6,994 5 View

1. What is the impact of having different scales in a survey? and how can we solve this problem before and after data collection (Literature)?

1. What is the impact of having different scales in a survey? and how can we solve this problem before and after data collection (Literature-based reflection)? Thank you for your time and for...

03 March 2021 2,870 3 View

What degree of missing data in a particular case/participant results in Expectation-Maximisation no longer working?

I'm dealing with a mediation model and am using the PROCESS module in SPSS. Due to SPSS and PROCESS being limited in the imputation methods - being unable to handle multiple imputation - the other...

02 March 2021 4,362 1 View

New Journal, "Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science" -- do you not know, and have you not seen, this done before?

Question to you and THEM, the New Journal, "Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science" -- do you not know, and have you not seen, this done before? There appears to be a core problem for...

02 March 2021 3,024 2 View

Which is a lucid standard comprehensive book to guide on psychological scale construction and its standardization?

02 March 2021 7,082 3 View

Can NFL theorem be valid in infinite search space in ML?

NFL theorem is valid for algorithms training in fixed training set. However, the general characteristic of algorithms in expanded or open dataset has not been proved yet. Could you show your...

01 March 2021 1,189 3 View

LOAD DISPLACEMENT CURVES Stiffness increasing in ANSYS non linear analysis. HOW CAN I CORRECT IT?

Hi. I am doing non linear FE analysis using a new material beam under flexural 2 point loading using ANSYS. I have defined a bilinear material model. The solution has converged. In results I am...

01 March 2021 9,911 3 View

Does anyone know how to plot my station to a section plot on Ocean Data View (ODV)?

I made a vertical section plot with WOA .nc file on ODV, and now I want to plot my stations (csv. file) in it. Does anyone know how to import my points to the section? They are two different...

01 March 2021 3,610 1 View