Moderator effects or interaction effect are a frequent topic of scientific endeavor. Put bluntly, such effects respond to the question whether the input variable X (predictor or independent variable IV) has an effect on the output variable (dependent variable DV) Y: “it depends”. More precisely, it depends on a second variable, M (Moderator). More formally, a moderation effect can be summarized as follows: If the effect of X on Y depends on M, a moderator effect takes …