Results and Discussion: 4.1 Descriptive Statistics and Correlations
Results and Discussion: 4.1 Descriptive Statistics and Correlations
Results and Discussion: 4.1 Descriptive Statistics and Correlations
Descriptive statistics and correlations among variable is shown in Table1. In table 1 mean and
standard deviation is also shown. Correlation analysis shows support for hypothesis. The mean
for (variable name) was XX (S.D = .XX), mean for XX was xx (S.D = .xx). ZZ have positive
significant relationship with AA (r = .XX, p < .XX). Data used in this study is normally
Mean S.D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
1.Gender .00 00
**
2.Age 00 00 00
3.ZZ 00
.0 .0** .0**
5. XX 00
.0 0 .0 .0 .0 (.0)
6. XX 00 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 (.0)
**
7.ZZ 00 .0 .0 .0 .0** .0** 0 .0** (.0)
8. CC 00 .0 .0** .0 .0 .0 -0 .0** .0** (.0)
9.DD 00 .0 .0 .0 .0* .0* .0 .0** .0** .0** (.0)
TABLE 2
TRUST PSQ
Predictors Β R² ∆R² Β R² ∆R²
Main effects
Step 1
Control Variables .0 .0
Step 2
4.3 ZZ: The results of the hypothesis are shown in table 2 which shows regression results
of AA. The impact of AA and SS is controlled by putting these variables in the first step of
regression and in the second step JJ are placed. AA shows significant results with BB (ß = .0, p <
.00), it showed variance of (R² =.XX) with (∆ R² =.AA, p < .AA), this shows that A% of the
variance in ZZis accounted for ZZ. So hypothesis W was confirmed which predicts that there is
Table 3
Results of Mediator Analyses
Trust
Predictors Β R² ∆R²
Main effects of Big Five
Step 1
Control Variables .0
Step 2
A . *** .0 .0***
C . *** .0 .0 ***
N . *** . 00 .0 ***
Mediation
Step 1
Control Variables .0
Step 2
P . *** .0 . ***
Step 3
A . .0 .0
C .0 .0 .0
N .0 .0 .0
4.6 Mediator Analysis: In this study hypothesis 11 which states the mediation ofAA & BB.
Regression technique was used to test these hypotheses as recommended by Barron and Kenny
(1986). Following conditions are necessary to test the mediation effect. (1) the relationship
between independent variable and mediator variable (i.e. path a) must be significant. (2) the
relationship between mediator variable and dependent variable (i.e. path b) must be significant.
(3) the relationship between independent variable and dependent variable (i.e. path c) must be
significant. Already significant main effect between independent and dependent variable should
reach about to zero, when path a and path b is controlled, for full mediation (Barron and Kenny,
1986). While applying this technique in this study, for path (a) hypotheses AA is checked and
for path (b) hypothesis 0 is checked and for path (c) hypotheses ZZis checked. All three pre-
requisites are fulfilled, now to test mediator in the first step, control variables are entered. In the
second step, AAwhich is the mediator variable is entered and at the third step SS. The results
shows full mediation as the main effect reduces as (ß = .0, p < .0 to ß = .0 , ns) while variance
shows (∆ R² =.0 , p < .00 to ∆ R² =.00, ns) as explained by Barron & Kenny (1986). Hence
and ___________is checked. The results shows full mediation as the main effect reduces as (ß
= .__, p < .__ to ß = .__, ns) while variance shows (∆ R² =.__, p < .__ to ∆ R² =.__, ns) as