At 02:31 PM 6/9/2009, Christian Weiss wrote:
Dear Statalisters,
I am currently evaluating curvilinear effects of the variable X on Y
by standard OLS. To asses the curvilinearity I generated X^2 and X^3
and included these variables stepwise in the regressions. Looking at
the significance levels and the signs of the coefficients I concluded
the following:
if X and X^2 is significant:
-> X has a positive sign and X^2 has a negative sign: Bell Shaped
-> X has a negative sign and X^2 has a positive sign: U Shaped
However, the last regression analysis yielded significant X and X^2,
but both with the same sign. I am struggling how to interpret this
effect. Any help is highly appreciated! :)
Best regards
Chris
See pages 3-4 of
http://www.nd.edu/~rwilliam/xsoc63993/l61.pdf
for pictures of various curves and info on interpreting the coefficients.
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