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One of the main effects not significant, but interaction term significant

A is significant B is not significant A x B is significant Do I say that (1) There exists a ...
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Joint Significance of Interaction Term in LPM / OLS

In an OLS model with binary dependent variable (linear probability model) I have (among others) two independent binary variables (ß1 and b2) which interact with each other (ß1 * ß2). ...
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p-values change after mean centering with interaction terms. How to test for significance?

I assumed the following interaction model: $$y = \beta_0 + \beta_1 x_1 + \beta_2 x_2 + \beta_3 x_3 + \beta_4 x_2 x_3$$ And then applied mean centering: $$y = \beta_0 + \beta_1(x_1 - \bar{x_1}) + \...
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Interaction term is significant WITHOUT main affects... AND main effects are significant WITHOUT interaction term?

I am trying to determine the effect of a person's weight and the incline that they are running over on their running speed. I'm just using a simple linear model in R, but I get a weird situation where ...
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Significance of the sum of the main effect and interaction term

Consider a simple linear regression with an interaction term: $Y=b_0 + b_1X +b_2Z+b_3XZ$ where $X$ is continuous and $Z$ is a dummy. I want to find out whether $X$ has a significant impact on $Y$ ...
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The main effect will be non-significant if the interaction is significant? [duplicate]

I am using linear mixed models to identify important factors, and it turns out that: A: significant B: not significant ...
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