How do I conduct mediation analysis if my IV is dichotomous categorical and DV/MV are continuous?

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Holger Steinmetz

Hi Franklin,

simply as in any other dummy regression. For a binary IV, you can incorporate it as it is; for IVs with more then two categories, create k-1 dummy variables.

Best,

Holger

Hakan Koğar

you can follow this article:

Article Mediation Analysis and Categorical Variables: The Final Frontier

Cristian Ramos-Vera

Hello this tutorial can help you in your media analysis.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nx7PYvczXWg&t=586s

Franklin Li

Holger Steinmetz Hello Dr. Steinmetz, I'm only in undergrad,

so if I had 4 levels in a categorical IV,

I would need only 3 dummy variables?

may you please provide me an example of this? i'm eager to learn , thx