Analyzing Continuous and Categorical IVs Simultaneously.ppt

Analyzing Continuous and Categorical IVs Simultaneously Analysis of Covariance Skill Set When we model a single categorical and a single continuous variable, what do the main effects look like? What do the interactions look like? What is the meaning of each of the three b weights in such models? What is the sequence of tests used to analyze such data? Why should we avoid dichotomizing continuous IVs? What is the difference between ordinal and disordinal interactions? Why do we test for regions of significance of the difference between regression lines when we have an interaction? Mixed IVs Simplest example has 2 IVs 1 IV is categorical (e.g., Male, Female) 1 IV is continuous (e.g., MAT score) Keats:Shelly::Byron:Harley-Davidson DV is continuous, e.g., GPA in law school Have used ANOVA for categorical and Regression for continuous Both are part of GLM. Many people call mixing categorical and continuous vbls Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA). Example Data Example Data Graph Group vs. Common Regression Coefficient Can have 1 common slope, bc. Can have 2 group slopes, bF and bM. Common slope is weighted average of group slopes: Weight by SSX (here, MAT scores) for each group. Weight comes from variability in X and number of people in group. Telling the Story With Graphs (1) Telling the Story (2) Telling the Story (3) Testing Sequence (1) Construct vectors X, G and XG. X is continuous G is group (categorical) XG is the product of the two. Just mult. Intercept for common group is a. Note three b weights. First tells difference in groups. Second is common slope. Third is interaction (difference in group slopes). Two common terms, two difference terms. Testing Sequence (2) Estimate 3 slopes (and intercept). Examine R2 for model. If n.s., no story; quit. If R2 sig and large enough: Examine b3. If sig, there is an interaction. If sig, estimate separate regressions for different groups. If b3 is not sig, re-estimate model without XG. Examine b1 and b2. T