Frequently Asked Questions about how to use the PROCESS templates
You can use the PROCESS macro from Andrew Hayes to calculate conditional effects within SPSS. If you want to visualize these effects, you can use one of our Excel templates, which are based on the SPSS output.
Current available PROCESS templates
- Graphing moderated mediation (PROCESS v2.16) – Model 8, with a dichotomous independent variable (X), and a continuous moderator (W), mediator (M) and dependent variable (Y).
- Graphing moderated mediation (PROCESS v3.0) – Model 14, with a continuous independent variable (X) Dysfunctional Behavior, a continuous dependent variable (Y) Work Performance, a continuous mediation (M) Negative Affective Tone, and a continuous moderator (W) Nonverbal Negative Expressivity.
- Graphing moderation (PROCESS v3.0) – Model 1 (MOD on x-axis), with a dichotomous independent variable (X), a continuous moderator (W), and a continuous dependent variable (Y).
- Graphing moderation (PROCESS v3.0) – Model 1 (IV on x-axis), with a dichotomous independent variable (X), a continuous moderator (W), and a continuous dependent variable (Y).
- Graphing moderation (PROCESS v3.0) – Model 1 (IV on x-axis), with a continuous independent variable (X), a continuous dependent variable (Y), and a continuous moderator (W). As some of you requested, the IV is on the x-axis, and the moderator in the legend.
Current PROCESS blogs
For an example how to use this template, you are welcome to read our blogs:
Graphing conditional indirect effects with the MD2C Excel Template
We are very thankful for all the great feedback and questions we are receiving from fellow-researchers, and we hope that you will continue doing this.
With this list of Frequently Asked Question, we are trying to cover most of the question, but please don’t hesitate to reach out to us!
PROCESS Questions & Answers
Question: I can’t see any graph, what goes wrong?
Answer: Please check first if you have “.” or “,” as a decimal separator. The templates require a “.” as decimal separator. A quick solution could be the usage of “find-and-replace” in Excel, where you replace the “,” for the “.” for the input rows. Secondly, please check the axis of the graph: sometimes you have to reset them by right-clicking on the required axis, select “Format Axis”, and reset the Minimum and/or Maximum Bounds values.
Question: The axis are crossing the middle of the graphs (mostly at value 0), what can I do?
Answer: you can right-click on the required axis, select “Format Axis”, and set the value at which the axis crosses
Question: There isn’t a template for my model, can you make one?
Answer: if you could contact us, and provide us the data (we won’t use it other than just for inspection and possible creation of the template), we can let you know if that is possible or not.