Do I need to use a regression analysis?

Posted by Kim S. on Apr 24, 2013; 11:15am
URL: http://spssx-discussion.165.s1.nabble.com/Do-I-need-to-use-a-regression-analysis-tp5719677.html

Hi Guys,

I have a question regarding my master thesis. In which I have 3 hypotheses.

H1= HR has a positive influence on Innovation
In which HR is a categorical variable existing out of low/medium/high
Innovation is a ratio/interval existing out of a % of turnover

H2=Process has a positive influence on Innovation
In which Process is a categorical variable existing out of low/medium/high
Innovation is a ratio/interval existing out of a % of turnover

H3= HR has a greater positive influence than Process on Innovation


The dataset exist out of 400 organizations, organizations can use both HR and Process, or just one of those. Not all organizations perform Innovation (but some do have HR or Process without Innovation)

I don't know yet if the data is normally distributed. And all variables also have "control variables".


In the book of Field i think I have to use Factorial Mixed ANOVA, according to my lectures notes i have to use a Multiple regression analysis and according to my mentor it could also be a partial square modelling? So now I am confused what to do and how to explain why I made this decision.

Hope to hear some from you, as it will help me out lots!


Best regards,
Kim