Scribd
Upload
287 views

Moderation Interpretation Write Up

The regression analysis assessed whether usefulness moderated the relationship between information acquisition and decision quality. The results showed that the overall regression model was statistically significant. Specifically, there were significant main effects for usefulness and information acquisition on decision quality. Additionally, the interaction between information acquisition and usefulness was also statistically significant, indicating that the association between information acquisition and decision quality depends on the level of perceived usefulness. The moderation graph shows that for high usefulness, information acquisition has a stronger positive effect on decision quality than for low usefulness.

Uploaded by

HassanRaza
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
Available Formats
Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
287 views

Moderation Interpretation Write Up

The regression analysis assessed whether usefulness moderated the relationship between information acquisition and decision quality. The results showed that the overall regression model was statistically significant. Specifically, there were significant main effects for usefulness and information acquisition on decision quality. Additionally, the interaction between information acquisition and usefulness was also statistically significant, indicating that the association between information acquisition and decision quality depends on the level of perceived usefulness. The moderation graph shows that for high usefulness, information acquisition has a stronger positive effect on decision quality than for low usefulness.

Uploaded by

HassanRaza
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
Available Formats
Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 2

Table No 2

Moderation Results
R R-sq MSE F df1 df2 p
.8775 .7700 .0705 419.6884 3.0000 376.0000 .0000
coeff se t p LLCI ULCI
constant 3.7926 .0153 248.0439 .0000 3.7625 3.8226
InfoAcq .8736 .0377 23.1868 .0000 .7995 .9476
Useful .1512 .0312 4.8444 .0000 .0899 .2126
Int_1 -.0543 .0202 -2.6881 .0000 -.1313 .0228
Product terms key:
Int_1 : InfoAcq x Useful
Test(s) of highest order unconditional interaction(s):
R2-chng F df1 df2 p
X*W .0012 2.68 1.0000 376.0000 .000  

Figure No 1

Moderation Graph

5 Moderator
4.5 f(x) = 1.64 x + 1.48
f(x) = 1.86 x + 0.86
4

3.5
Low Useful
DecQ

3
Linear (Low Useful)
2.5 High Useful
Linear (High Useful)
2

1.5

1
Low InfoAcq High InfoAcq
The regression analysis was performed to assess whether usefulness (moderator)
interact with information acquisition (Independent variable) to predict the decesions
quality (dependent variable) of the respondents. Preliminary data screening indicates
that there is an issue of normality in unstandardized data as SW test are significant (i.e.
SW = ….., df= 376 P >0.05) but due to large sample size, these results are not too
important. Although there is no issue of linearity and outliers in the data. The usefulness
(moderator) and information acquisition (Independent variable) are mean centered prior
forming the interactive term. The regression included usefulness, information acquisition
and decesions quality with interaction term as predictors of the analysis.

The overall regression was statistically significant, R = .877, R2 = .77, F(3, 376) =
419.688, p < .001. Unstandardized regression coefficients are reported, unless
otherwise specified. There was a significant interaction (Information Acquisition ×
Usefulness), b = –.0543, t(376) = –2.681, p < .001. There were also significant effects
for usefulness, b = .1512, t(376) = 4.844, p < .001, and for information acquisition b = .
8736, t(376) = 23.18, p < .001. Because the interaction term was statistically
significant, the interaction was retained in the model.

To visualize the nature of the usefulness of software and information acquisition as


interaction, examine the graph of the regression in above Figure 1. Within high
usefulness and low usefulness of the SPSS, We can see that information acquisition will
be higher and for low usefulness the information acquisition will be lower for decision
quality. It means that if we increase in usefulness of the SPSS there will be predictive
increase in information acquisition, and same with the decision quality, the statistically
the interaction between information acquisition and usefulness indicated that
association will be stronger.

You might also like