I'm preparing for a management research and analysis exam and in it we have to devise a hypothetical research study to solve an organisational problem.
My independent variables in the example I'm completing are communication frequency, trust levels within team, and number of team members. My dependent variable is team performance.
If I wanted to suggest trust had a moderation effect on the relationship between communication and team performance, what steps would I have to go through/data analysis techniques would I use, and what kind of results would I expect to see if there was a moderation effect on the relationship? It doesn't need to be too in depth, and it might be worth noting I'm using a longitudinal research design with questionnaires as my data collection method.
Many thanks.
You can perform the moderation analysis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ2fl8exNTE&t=671s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx1DJfhzO_o&t=1s
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As for the choice of the questionnaire method for data collection, it is a valid one. The questionnaire should be structured, preferably a Likert scale type. The assessment of the moderating effects in your research model requires the use of multi-group analysis. You may want to assess the unconstrained model against the constrained models that show the effects of your moderating variables.
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It sounds like all your independent variables are continuous, so you would be testing a "continuous by continuous" interaction effect. It is not difficult to determine the statistical significance of such an effect, but interpreting how the interaction effect actually operates can be complicated.
If you do get significant effects, then I suggest you do a web search on "continuous by continuous" interaction effects to find examples of how to interpret those results.
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