Tara Iyer replied to Kyle K Hood:
[...]
> 1. Why would one subtract the coefficient from the regression constant in
> analyzing the effect of expenditure in State 1 ie. 97.34217
> -0.0024748*perstudent?
Because, if you look carefully, the coefficient on -perstudent- is
negative. Kyle showed this to you without stating it in his reply.
> 2. The thing is, I am estimating a different set of dummies with xi (I had
> to
> create the variable state with State 1 = 1 and so on), and _Istate_2 and
> _Istate_3. Given this, would one still subtract the coefficient on
> perstudent
> from the constant fro State 1? Similarly for State 2?
Remember that the constant term, or intercept, shows the 'baseline'
value of the dependent variable when all independent variables are set
to 0. -state1- is dropped from your battery of state dummies because
having all of them in would fully determine the model. Since -state1-
= 0, it is thus subsumed into the intercept. However, if you wish to
keep them all, take a look at Ben Jann's user-written -devcon-
command, available from SSC:
findit devcon
or look here:
http://ideas.repec.org/c/boc/bocode/s450603.html
To gain a deeper understanding of how to interpret parameter estimates
in interactive regression models, you are strongly urged to read the
excellent articles by Bedeian and Mossholder (1994), Braumoller (2004)
and Brambor, Clark and Golder (2006).
--
Clive Nicholas
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Bedeian A and Mossholder KW (1994) "Simple Question, Not So Simple
Answer: Interpreting Interaction Terms in Moderated Multiple
Regression", Journal of Management 20(1): 159-65.
Braumoeller BF (2004) "Hypothesis Testing and Multiplicative Interaction Terms",
International Organization 58(4): 807-20.
Brambor T, Clark WR and Golder M (2006) "Understanding Interaction
Models: Improving Empirical Analyses", Political Analysis 14(1):
63-82.
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