Re: st: eivreg and interactions

[John Antonakis <John.Antonakis@unil.ch>]

Hi Alim:

No; it doesn't. If you see the output after running the model, eivreg 
will assume a perfect reliability for the interaction (1.00) if you do 
what you suggest below.

You need manually construct the interaction and then manually specify 
the reliability.

For the formula of the reliability of the x*z interaction and given:

Reliability of x = relx
Reliability of z = relz
Correlation of xz =rxz

Reliability of x*z = ((relx *relz )+rxz^2)/(1+rxz^2)

For background on this formula see:

Busemeyer, J. R. and L. E. Jones (1983). "Analysis of Multiplicative 
Combination Rules When the Causal Variables Are Measured with Error." 
Psychological Bulletin 93(3): 549-562.

HTH,
J.

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On 29.11.2012 00:53, 'Alim Beveridge wrote:
> hello,
>
> if i do the following:
> eivreg y c.x1##c.x2 , reliab(x1 .93 x2 .85)
> will stata calculate the reliability of the interaction term and use
it to adjust the estimate for its coefficient, or will it assume that 
the interaction term has reliability 1.0? anyone know the answer?
> thanks,
> 'Alim
>
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