What Does a Significant Result in a Sobel Test Mean

question 7

Multiple Choice

What does a significant result in a Sobel test mean?

• A) That the predictor does not affect the outcome variable due to the introduction of the mediator variable
• B) That the mediator variable significantly effects the outcome variable via the predictor variable
• C) That the predictor significantly effects the outcome variable via the mediator variable
• D) That the mediator variable does not affect the outcome variable via the predictor variable

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Definitions:

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