Importance and Role of Moderating Variable in a Research

Abstract

For creating and developing a research, a clear determination of a conceptual research framework is very significant and necessary. It could help profoundly and truly understand that the research needs to verify and test the effects, influences, roles, relationships, and importance of one variable as called “independent variable.” The independent variable would push and drive an outcome of the research as called “dependent variable.” Next, some research may have a variable, that links the independent variable to the dependent variable or is a go-between those two variables as called “mediating variable.” This mediating variable is very important in creating more values and benefits of the research and matching with current environments. In addition, there is another variable that could make the independent variable-dependent variable relationships stronger or weaker, which is called the “moderating variable.” This moderating variable could become conditions and factors that make more completeness, coverage, and interest. Accordingly, for clear and accurate understanding, this article explains the importance and role of a moderating variable in research, including ways and methods of verifying and testing this variable. Moreover, it also intervenes and presents issues and carefulness of identifying and determining this variable in the research.