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Mediation and Moderation Analysis Using R

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Online short course from the National Centre for Research Methods at the University of Manchester, 3 Oct 2025

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Mediation and Moderation Analysis Using R

 03 Oct 2025

Online: Full Day

This one-day intermediate-level course will be delivered online on the 10th of October 2025 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm with lunch break from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. The course will introduce the concepts and techniques of moderation and mediation analysis using R, with a focus on social science applications. Participants will learn how to test for interaction effects (moderation) using regression models, conduct mediation analysis using structural equation modelling and combine both approaches to explore mediated moderation. Emphasis is placed on interpretation, visualisation, and reproducible R workflows using real-world data examples.

The course includes hands-on computer workshops. Participants will use the R programming language.

All software is free and open source. Participants should have R and RStudio installed prior to the course (ideally the latest versions).

The course covers:  

  • A brief refresher on linear regression in R
  • Moderation analysis using interaction terms in regression
  • Probing and visualising interaction effects
  • Mediation analysis using path models
  • Estimating indirect effects
  • Mediated moderation
  • Applied examples in social sciences
  • Practical coding sessions using real datasets in R

 By the end of the course, participants will: 

  • Understand the conceptual foundations of moderation and mediation
  • Conduct moderation analysis using interaction terms in R
  • Interpret and visualise interaction effects
  • Specify and estimate mediation models using path analysis
  • Test indirect effects and interpret mediation results
  • Use SEM to explore differences in mediation across groups
  • Apply techniques to real-world social science datasets

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