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elimination analysis was used as a means of comparing the CBS continuous rated data with the
CBVS nominal categorical data, which started out with CBS Prosocial with Peers and CBS
Aggressive with Peers as the predictors of CBVS Action Choices in the model. At each step, the
predictors in the model were evaluated and eliminated if they met the significance criterion of p
> .05 for removal in order to least reduce the R 2 .
In the first step, both the CBS Aggressive With Peers and the CBS Prosocial with Peers
were entered as predictors of the CBVS Action Choices. There were two different CBVS Action
Choices that children could choose: Prosocial or Aggressive. The CBS Prosocial with Peers was
the first variable to be entered as the best single predictor of CBVS Action Choices in context
with CBS Aggressive with Peers given its unique contribution towards predicting CBVS Action
Choices.
In Step 2, the CBS Prosocial with Peers was dropped and only the CBS Aggressive with
Peers was used to determine significance on the CBVS Prosocial and the CBVS Aggressive
Action Choices. The Step 2 statistics showed that the CBS Aggressive with Peers was eligible for
removal where p > .05, so it was removed leaving neither of the CBS variables as predictors of
CBVS Action Choices.
The Hosmer and Lemeshow Test statistics are not significant, which indicates an
adequate model fit where Chi-Square (Ҳ 2 ) (6, N=632) = 7.703, p = .261, in the model containing
both CBS subscales (Prosocial With Peers vs. Aggressive With Peers) and Chi-Square (Ҳ 2 ) (3,
N=632) = 4.336, p = .227, for the model containing only CBS Aggressive With Peers subscale.
See Table 15.
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