Hey everybody!
Im stuck with my psychology masters thesis. Im studying if narcissism and a level of education moderate peoples ability to evaluate their own logical reasoning skills. I assume that narcissism effects the congruence of evaluation and probably makes people to overestimate their skills etc. I also assume that higher education makes people to evaluate their skills more accurate.
Nature of the data - independent and dependent variables
I have data of 256 people. Independent variable is test scores in Raven - a test of logical reasoning. Moderators are narcissism and the level of education (4 levels). Im doing two separate settings: with narcissism as moderator and with education as a moderator. People evaluated their skills in 1 to 5 scale, 5 being the best score. So idea is to predict self-evaluation score with a performance in Raven and to see if narcissism effects the relationship in between them.
What confuses me is that I have a dependent variable that is categorical with five categories. Independent variable (test score) is continuous and moderator is continuous. Can I use linear regression with these variables?
In second setting I have the same categorical dependent variable and continuous independent variable but my moderator is categorical with 4 levels. Is linear regression possible now?
Narcissism = continuous
Level of education = 4 levels (elementary, high-school, school of applied scienses and university)
Raven tests scores = continuous
Self-evaluation of skills = 5 levels
Maybe this has been asked before but Im new here
I really would appreciate help here, thank you!
Im stuck with my psychology masters thesis. Im studying if narcissism and a level of education moderate peoples ability to evaluate their own logical reasoning skills. I assume that narcissism effects the congruence of evaluation and probably makes people to overestimate their skills etc. I also assume that higher education makes people to evaluate their skills more accurate.
Nature of the data - independent and dependent variables
I have data of 256 people. Independent variable is test scores in Raven - a test of logical reasoning. Moderators are narcissism and the level of education (4 levels). Im doing two separate settings: with narcissism as moderator and with education as a moderator. People evaluated their skills in 1 to 5 scale, 5 being the best score. So idea is to predict self-evaluation score with a performance in Raven and to see if narcissism effects the relationship in between them.
What confuses me is that I have a dependent variable that is categorical with five categories. Independent variable (test score) is continuous and moderator is continuous. Can I use linear regression with these variables?
In second setting I have the same categorical dependent variable and continuous independent variable but my moderator is categorical with 4 levels. Is linear regression possible now?
Narcissism = continuous
Level of education = 4 levels (elementary, high-school, school of applied scienses and university)
Raven tests scores = continuous
Self-evaluation of skills = 5 levels
Maybe this has been asked before but Im new here
I really would appreciate help here, thank you!