And we've made it through the final day! Today we discussed moderation, mediation, principal components analysis, exploratory factor analysis, and response surface analysis. Whiteboard notes are attached below, as usual.

Some key points:

• There are two forms of mediation: partial and complete
• PCA and FA are both ways of finding the underlying concepts/factors in a scale, and they each have their pros and cons and contexts where they are most appropriate
• RSA/RSM = maximizing response by maximizing surface

Resources:

• RSA/RSM

I will also be uploading some additional resources into a folder in the Dropbox for if anyone wants them.