Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/301896 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Citation: 
[Journal:] Statistics in Transition new series (SiTns) [ISSN:] 2450-0291 [Volume:] 23 [Issue:] 4 [Year:] 2022 [Pages:] 177-202
Publisher: 
Sciendo, Warsaw
Abstract: 
Two-predictor suppression situations continue to produce uninterpretable conditions in linear regression. In an attempt to address the theoretical complexities related to suppression situations, the current study introduces two different versions of a software called suppression simulator (Supsim): a) the command-line Python package, and b) the web-based JavaScript tool, both of which are able to simulate numerous random two-predictor models (RTMs). RTMs are randomly generated, normally distributed data vectors x1, x2, and y simulated in such a way that regressing y on both x1 and x2 results in the occurrence of numerous suppression and non-suppression situations. The web-based Supsim requires no coding skills and additionally, it provides users with 3D scatterplots of the simulated RTMs. This study shows that comparing 3D scatterplots of different suppression and non-suppression situations provides important new insights into the underlying mechanisms of two-predictor suppression situations. An important focus is on the comparison of 3D scatterplots of certain enhancement situations called Hamilton's extreme example with those of redundancy situations. Such a comparison suggests that the basic mathematical concepts of two-predictor suppression situations need to be reconsidered with regard to the important issue of the statistical control function.
Subjects: 
Supsim
multicollinearity
suppression effects
statistical control function
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Document Type: 
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