Explain how multiple regression can be used to identify a potential mediating variable.
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: If we introduce a second predictor into a regression equation and then the first/original predictor is no longer a statistically significant predictor of the criterion, we can say that the second variable “mediated” the relationship between the original predictor and the criterion.
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