Compression and Conditional Effects: A Product Term Is Essential When Using Logistic Regression to Test for Interaction
2015 ◽
Vol 4
(3)
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pp. 621-639
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Keyword(s):
Previous research in political methodology argues that researchers do not need to include a product term in a logistic regression model to test for interaction if they suspect interaction due to compression alone. I disagree with this claim and offer analytical arguments and simulation evidence that when researchers incorrectly theorize interaction due to compression, models without a product term bias the researcher, sometimes heavily, toward finding interaction. However, simulation studies also show that models with a product term fit a broad range of non-interactive relationships surprisingly well, enabling analysts to remove most of the bias toward finding interaction by simply including a product term.
2020 ◽
Vol 64
(2)
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2021 ◽
Vol 1752
(1)
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pp. 012026