Pollack: Pollack et al (2012) correlation matrix for mediation example
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Pollack et al (2012) correlation matrix for mediation example

Description

A correlation matrix taken from Pollack (2012) with 9 variables. Primarily used as an example for setCor and mediation.

Usage

data("Pollack")

Format

A correlation matrix based upon 262 participants.

sex: Male = 1, Female = 0, 62% male
age: mean =33
tenure: length of employent, mean = 5.9 years
self.efficacy: self ratings
competence: self rating of competence
social.ties: Contact with business-related social ties
economic.stress: mean of two items on economic stress
depression: 6 items from MAACL measuring depression
withdrawal: Withdrawal intentions in domain of entrepreneurship

Details

This is the correlation matrix from Pollack et al. (2012) p 797. The raw data are available from the processR package (Keon-Woong Moon, 2020). The data set is used by Hayes in example p 179 in example 3.

Source

Pollack et al. 2012

References

Pollack, Jeffrey M. and Vanepps, Eric M. and Hayes, Andrew F. (2012). The moderating role of social ties on entrepreneurs' depressed affect and withdrawal intentions in response to economic stress, Journal of Organizational Behavior 33 (6) 789-810.

Hayes, Andrew F. (2013) Introduction to mediation, moderation, and conditional process analysis: A regression-based approach. Guilford Press.