Re: st: conflicting results on interaction effect

["Casey P. Durand" <durandca@usc.edu>]

Simon,

Yes, the coefficient of X is the relationship between X and Y when and
only when Z=0.  Assuming you want to leave your coefficients in their
raw forms, i.e. not exponentiating them and getting odds ratios, then
to understand what is happening when Z=1, you have to create a new
variable in which you reverse the coding of your original Z variable,
(call it Z_new) such that the old 1 becomes the new 0 and the old 0
becomes the new 1.  You then have to create a new interaction term
with Z_new and X , and then substitute them both into your original
model.  The X coefficient for this new model will now be the effect of
X on Y when Z is equal to 1, using the coding scheme of your original
Z variable.  These two models will then provide the coefficients, p
values and confidence intervals necessary to do a simple slopes
analysis of your interaction.

As for graphing, check out the user written command -predxcon-.  This
provides a very simple way to graph a continuous by categorical
interaction.

Hopefully this is clear enough to make sense.

Casey

On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 3:49 PM, Meng Zhao <mrzm_www@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I run a binomial logistic regression with an interaction variable:
>
>     Coef.         P>z
> x    6.958805      0.026
> z    5.11967       0.000
> x*z -7.490387      0.034
>
> x is a continuous variable, z is a dummy variable. Does this result indicate a sig. positive relationship between x and dependent variable when z is 0, and a negative relationship between x and DV when z is 1?
>
> The plot of this interaction shows that there is a positive relationship between x and DV for both situations (z=1 & z=0). Why this conflicts with the above result?
>
> Thanks.
> Simon
>
>
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