Speaker: Jamie Kim, York University
Department of Psychology

Title: Evidence-based Recommendations for Reporting Results of Mediation Analysis

Abstract: Theoretical models of mediation are common in psychological research, but there is much variability in how results of such analyses are reported that could result in interpretational errors,misconceptions, and reader perception and experience. The goal of this study is to develop evidence-based standards for reporting results of mediation to reduce interpretational errors and maximize readers’ experience. These standards would be based on an experiment examining the effect of the four different forms of result reporting (text only, text and table, text and path diagram, and text, table, and path diagram) on interpretational errors and participant experience. Priming effects of graph literacy or numeracy on these outcomes are also explored.