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| Mar 20, 2014 at 14:49 | comment | added | Nick Cox | As @miura rightly emphasises, funny things can happen, but these results seem perfectly consistent with relatively low $R^2$. | |
| Mar 20, 2014 at 14:27 | comment | added | Elle | Thank you everyone. I know this is a bit of a baby question. I have perceived stress as my DV and my IVs are Locus of Control (with 3 subscales), Social Support, Coping Self Efficacy (3 subscales) and Emotional Intelligence (these all relate to self report questionnaires) and i want to know how/whether the DVs are able to predict perceived stress. I looked at correlations between all variables, they are all mostly below .40, significance level is .001. I ran a Pearsons correlation first to see if the DVs correlate with perceived stress, then the regression to see if they can predict stress. | |
| Mar 20, 2014 at 13:19 | history | answered | Nick Cox | CC BY-SA 3.0 |