Mean centering helps alleviate “micro” but not “macro” multicollinearity

Volume: 48, Issue: 4, Pages: 1308 - 1317
Published: Dec 1, 2016
Abstract
There seems to be confusion among researchers regarding whether it is good practice to center variables at their means prior to calculating a product term to estimate an interaction in a multiple regression model. Many researchers use mean centered variables because they believe it’s the thing to do or because reviewers ask them to, without quite understanding why. Adding to the confusion is the fact that there is also a perspective in the...
Paper Details
Title
Mean centering helps alleviate “micro” but not “macro” multicollinearity
Published Date
Dec 1, 2016
Volume
48
Issue
4
Pages
1308 - 1317
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