I am doing a study on the relationship between religiosity and visitation to religious healers. Before adding interaction term in the regression, the multilevel model showed religiosity as significant, but after I added the religiosity variable (i.e., frequency of prayers) as interaction terms with other control variables education, gender, urbanity, and such, the original variable frequency of prayers turned insignificant.
- what am i doing wrong here?
- is it because I added too many interactions with it?
- should I use another religiosity indicator (e.g., frequency of reading the Bible) along with the frequency of prayers as an interaction term with education, gender, urbanity?
It would be really helpful for me if someone tell me what to do in this situation.
Hello Md Rakib Hossain,
In an ordinary linear regression, if inclusion of an interaction (say, X*M) in a model that previously only had the individual variables as predictors (X, M), and the interaction was significant in the expanded model, but the individual predictor(s) was(were) not any longer, then to me this sounds like a classic case of moderation effect.
Good luck with your work.
Thank you Mr David Morse for your response. It was really helpful.
It just means that the effect of prayer depends on levels of the variables with which it is interacted. For example, ot may have a small effect at low lrevels of education but large effect at high levels of education.
It just means that the effect of prayer depends on levels of the variables with which it is interacted. For example, ot may have a small effect at low lrevels of education but large effect at high levels of education.
It just means that the effect of prayer depends on levels of the variables with which it is interacted. For example, ot may have a small effect at low lrevels of education but large effect at high levels of education.
It just means that the effect of prayer depends on levels of the variables with which it is interacted. For example, ot may have a small effect at low lrevels of education but large effect at high levels of education.
It just means that the effect of prayer depends on levels of the variables with which it is interacted. For example, ot may have a small effect at low lrevels of education but large effect at high levels of education.
It just means that the effect of prayer depends on levels of the variables with which it is interacted. For example, ot may have a small effect at low lrevels of education but large effect at high levels of education.
It just means that the effect of prayer depends on levels of the variables with which it is interacted. For example, ot may have a small effect at low lrevels of education but large effect at high levels of education.
It just means that the effect of prayer depends on levels of the variables with which it is interacted. For example, ot may have a small effect at low lrevels of education but large effect at high levels of education.
It just means that the effect of prayer depends on levels of the variables with which it is interacted. For example, ot may have a small effect at low lrevels of education but large effect at high levels of education.
It just means that the effect of prayer depends on levels of the variables with which it is interacted. For example, ot may have a small effect at low lrevels of education but large effect at high levels of education.
It just means that the effect of prayer depends on levels of the variables with which it is interacted. For example, ot may have a small effect at low lrevels of education but large effect at high levels of education.
It just means that the effect of prayer depends on levels of the variables with which it is interacted. For example, ot may have a small effect at low lrevels of education but large effect at high levels of education.
It just means that the effect of prayer depends on levels of the variables with which it is interacted. For example, ot may have a small effect at low lrevels of education but large effect at high levels of education.
It just means that the effect of prayer depends on levels of the variables with which it is interacted. For example, ot may have a small effect at low lrevels of education but large effect at high levels of education.
It just means that the effect of prayer depends on levels of the variables with which it is interacted. For example, ot may have a small effect at low lrevels of education but large effect at high levels of education.
It just means that the effect of prayer depends on levels of the variables with which it is interacted. For example, ot may have a small effect at low lrevels of education but large effect at high levels of education.
It just means that the effect of prayer depends on levels of the variables with which it is interacted. For example, ot may have a small effect at low lrevels of education but large effect at high levels of education.
It just means that the effect of prayer depends on levels of the variables with which it is interacted. For example, ot may have a small effect at low lrevels of education but large effect at high levels of education.
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