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Re: st: Question about interactions
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K Jensen <[email protected]>
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Re: st: Question about interactions
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Mon, 4 Mar 2013 16:30:03 +0000
Sorry to try your patience but can I test my understanding here?
The results for 1-2 (say) are calculated from the main effect betas
for variable1=1 and variable2=2?
Thankyou
Karin
On 4 March 2013 15:37, Maarten Buis <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 3:48 PM, K Jensen wrote:
>> I am fitting two four-point scales as predictors in a logistic
>> regression and am interested in looking at the interaction between the
>> two.
>>
>> If I fit variable1##variable2 I get odds ratios for the following:
>> variable1
>> 2
>> 3
>> 4
>> variable2
>> 2
>> 3
>> 4
>> variable1#
>> variable2
>> 2 2
>> 2 3
>> 2 4
>> 3 2
>> 3 3
>> 3 4
>> 4 2
>> 4 3
>> 4 4
>>
>> I obviously don't understand this because it doesn't include cells
>> 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 2-1, 3-1 or 4-1. Can someone explain this?
>
> For both variables the category 1 is the reference category and is
> thus, together with its interaction terms, excluded. More on this, and
> alternatives, can be seen here: M.L. Buis (2012) "Stata tip 106: With
> or without reference", The Stata Journal, 12(1), pp. 162-164.
> <http://www.maartenbuis.nl/publications/ref_cat.html>.
>
> -- Maarten
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