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st: RE: Moderation effect by splitting the sample
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"David Radwin" <[email protected]>
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st: RE: Moderation effect by splitting the sample
Date
Thu, 20 Dec 2012 11:50:45 -0800 (PST)
Ebru,
I can't say for sure without knowing more about what you are trying to do,
but regarding splitting continuous variables, see this post and the
references therein:
http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/2011-03/msg00154.html
If you do split the variable anyway, consider comparing upper and lower
terciles or quartiles (and not the upper and lower halves as a previous
email intimated) to minimize loss of efficiency:
Gelman, A., & Park, D. K. (2009). Splitting a predictor at the upper
quarter or third and the lower quarter or third. The American
Statistician, 63(1), 1-8.
http://www.stat.columbia.edu/~gelman/research/published/thirds5.pdf
David
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:owner-
> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Ebru Ozturk
> Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2012 11:42 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: st: Moderation effect by splitting the sample
>
>
> Dear All,
>
> For non-linear models, I want to test the moderation effect of X
variable.
> Can I test this moderation effect by spliting the sample according to X
> variable (moderator)?
>
> Kind regards
> Ebru
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