The goal of the next phase of the analysis was to determine if effect sizes differ as a function of moderators other than age and time lag. We accomplished this goal by adding the effects coded moderators as predictors in the exponential model for each outcome. We chose to use the exponential model for each outcome to present a standard set of results and because the exponential model tended to overlap substantially with connected-linear trends. The use of effects coded variables allows the coefficients to be interpreted as deviations from the average trend (i.e., that reported in Table 4) rather than deviations from a reference category (e.g., the trend for extraversion).
