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How can adding a 2nd IV make the 1st IV significant?

I have what is probably a simple question, but it is baffling me right now, so I am hoping you can help me out. I have a least squares regression model, with one independent variable and one ...
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Interpreting Omitted Variables

I do not fully understand how to interpret the difference between two statistical models where they only differ based on whether a certain variable is included on the right hand side. If the results ...
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How to interpret a predictor with a positive structure coefficient and a negative standardised coefficient in discriminant function analysis?

I am doing a discriminant function analysis and I have four continous independent variables and one categorical dependent variable (that has 3 groups). I have chosen to do this analysis to see how ...
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Differences in coefficients

Suppose I want to see whether $z$ is a confounder for a model with $y$ the outcome variable and $x$ the predictor. If I adjust for $z$, and the adjusted coefficient of $x$ changes versus the ...