| name | questionnaire-mediation-moderation-sop |
| description | Governed workflow for questionnaire-based mediation and moderation analysis. |
Questionnaire Mediation & Moderation SOP
Purpose
This project-level skill captures a reusable workflow in the survey domain.
Use when
Use when a questionnaire project needs a mediation or moderation analysis plan before stable tooling is integrated.
Inputs expected
- Scored questionnaire dataset with clear X/M/Y/W variable definitions
- A preregistered or explicitly stated mediation/moderation hypothesis
Source materials
../docs/questionnaire-mediation-moderation-notes.md (sha256: 157545aa19854a0a039a96a6568a8cbd8db697f6ee7d1d15babaa26e600a2e74)../docs/research-method-standards.md (sha256: 8223885b1d76ee9c65da2fa3f3df0637957aece16f8fe723be303844a480d812)../docs/project-skill-synthesis.md (sha256: 80be4a9cbcec69f2cf59753fee263b59eb138a85ccb9d4253cfb091377a05100)
Workflow
- Confirm scale scoring, coding direction, and missing-data handling before modeling.
- Choose mediation, moderation, or conditional process framing and document the model variables.
- Select an execution path such as PROCESS-style regression workflow or SEM/lavaan-style path modeling.
- Record bootstrap, interaction-probing, and reporting decisions explicitly.
Expected outputs
- Analysis decision log
- Model specification note
- Interpretation checklist for indirect or interaction effects
Limits
- This skill does not replace statistical review or publication judgment.
Failure checks
- Stop if X, M, Y, or moderator roles are ambiguous.
- Stop if scale scoring or reverse-key handling is not verified.
Evaluation examples
- Primary project example: questionnaire stress -> burnout via coping mediation.
- Held-out example: social support moderates stress -> wellbeing.
Governance metadata
- generated_at:
2026-04-02T13:54:16Z
- maturity:
project
- verification:
held-out-validated
- held_out_validation:
passed
Maintainer notes
- Keep interpretation guidance separate from executable tool contracts.
- Refresh source material provenance when the workflow changes materially.
- Promote stable computation into an external or bundled plugin only after the computation boundary stabilizes.
