Overview
Consider the attached with several variables the focus should be on these seven variables: negative affect, positive affect, openness to experience, extraversion, neuroticism, trait anxiety, and self-esteem. Use self-esteem as the dependent variable and negative affect, positive affect, openness to experience, extraversion, neuroticism, and trait anxiety predictor variables
Based on the provided dataset, address the following:
- Write out a hypothesis you could test using the variables in the dataset
- Clean the data and check whether there are any missing values. Discuss how will you deal with missing values if any are present?
- Are there any outliers in the cleaned dataset? Discuss how will you deal with outliers if any are present?
- Check statistical assumptions. What will you recommend if there are any violations?
- Run a stepwise regression on the dataset.
- Do the predictors correlate statistically significantly and practically with the dependent variable?
- What is the R and adjusted R Square for all predictors? Interpret the values.
- What variable(s) provide a significant unique contribution(s)?
- Write out the prediction equation.
- Write one to two paragraphs of how you will report this results in finding section of a dissertation or journal article.