how to interpret a regression with a dummy variable?

[#1]

Hi Peeps,

I'm a student from Germany and writing my bachelor thesis and I really hope that you can help me with the interpretation of my regression analysis.

I need to check the influence of a independent variable on three dependant variables in two different categories. That's why I added a dummy variable which is coded with 1's and 0's (1 for the first category and 0 for the second) as an independent variable.

Unfortunately I cannot really handle the output. I think that something went wrong.. or maybe it didn't? Maybe you can help me and say if I did the regression model right and how I can interpret the output. I'll put a screenshot beneath. Unfortunately it's in german, but actually the tools is quit the same as in english.. if you have question, just ask and I will try to answer as well as I can.

Thaaaaank yooou verry much!!!

[#2]

Vanessa,

If your dummy variable is truly a separation of categories then you try using it as a "By" variable as opposed to an independent variable.  You will get two separate fits.  If you believe it should be an independent variable then make sure it is coded as Nominal and then you will see the effect in your fit model.

HTH

Bill

[#3]

Hi Bill,

thank you very much for your response! I already tried the function "By" and I will use it if I don't find a good way to use it as a independant variable. As you said I coded it as nominal and it really looked better and I had a different graph for each group.. so, I think that's the solution.

But: I read here https://community.jmp.com/docs/DOC-7537 that you have to make sure, that the variable is continous for a regression and not nominal.. that's why I'm not sure whats right or wrong..

[#4 · Accepted solution]

Hey vanessa_bama​,

changing the modeling type to nominal is correct. yet, for a more direct comparison between two categories you should use the ordinal modeling type.

Ii would also try to add the interaction between the independent variables to the model. this will allow you to test the hypothesis that each category has a different slope.

use the "By" option only if you strictly do not want to test for the differences between groups in their parameter estimates or you want to see the differences in model fit.

best,

ron

[#5]

Hi ron_horne​

thanks for the helpful response! I think it worked

But how can I include the interaction between the two independant variables? Can you give me an advice?

Thank you ron_horne​ and billw@jmp​ very much!

Think you saved my graduation haha

Best,

Vanessa

[#6]

you can select both using the Ctrl key and click the Cross button. this will produce their interaction term on the fly.

[#7]

Thaaaanks a lot ron_horne​

[#8]

Perhaps regression will not yield well with your data set.  Based on your output report, it does not look like you have a good model yet.  Have you tried neural networks and/or partitioning?  You might get better predictive models this way.  Discriminant Analysis might also be useful !

.  I hope this helps!