I have three conditions in my experimental design
- Control (No treatment at all)
- Treatment Level 1
- Treatment Level 2
My hypothesis is that treatment Level 2 will increase DV better than the others (control and treatment level 1 could yield similar outcome).
Also, I have found in my pilot study that IV increases DV via serial mediators (M1, M2) as full mediation. (Pilot study has 1 control and 1 treatment)
If I want to do mediation analysis for these three conditions, how should I do? How should I code my data and which model I should use?
Really appreciate your help!
I tried using several Hayes's model but the moderated mediation ones did not work. Meanwhile, I tried coding the three conditions to three level and use model 6. It works but I'm not sure whether its right or wrong.