I am using these commands:
Code:
mixed small i.trt##i.time || id:, vce(robust) margins, dydx(trt)
My understanding is margins, dydx(var) generates a partial derivative with respect to var, measuring change in one variable while the others are held at their observed values.
Question1: Previous posts warned against relying on p-values from average adjusted predictions generated by margins. Is this also true of average marginal effects?
Question2: Could you please help me understand why certain variables (like "small" and "large" in my sample data) are significant by p-value on the interaction term (full derivative) but not in the margins command (partial derivative)? What can I learn about my data from these results?
A sample of my data is included below. Thank you in advance for your help and patience with my questions.
Code:
* Example generated by -dataex-. To install: ssc install dataex clear input int id byte trt float(time small large) 1001 1 0 103.62028 2057.409 1001 1 2 83.89479 1673.689 1002 2 0 53.92493 1494.9586 1002 2 2 47.69698 1342.497 1003 1 0 95.35509 1537.0225 1003 1 2 74.401726 1095.4296 1004 2 0 61.61027 1367.5326 1004 2 2 49.44355 1145.2207 1005 2 0 94.76392 2612.909 1005 2 2 51.50049 1128.3427 1006 1 0 86.49782 1456.245 1006 1 2 65.66128 1411.7137 1007 2 0 121.33897 2947.7104 1007 2 2 101.6294 2035.673 1008 1 0 91.95323 1224.9602 1008 1 2 79.91485 1342.048 1010 2 0 78.80621 2073.3826 1010 2 2 62.52343 1607.94 1012 1 0 84.50602 1766.792 1012 1 2 86.0701 1849.264 1013 1 0 62.16099 1512.2836 1013 1 2 97.44263 1719.307 1015 2 0 83.27814 1706.0673 1015 2 2 60.52657 933.7055 1016 2 0 64.726036 1280.3625 1016 2 2 40.03102 733.2215 1017 2 0 104.22501 1412.9833 1017 2 2 81.8728 1217.6375 1018 2 0 81.716 1719.5686 1018 2 2 68.464676 1478.304 1020 2 0 143.5548 2186.3103 1020 2 2 140.04892 1548.019 1021 1 0 107.65491 2073.9907 1021 1 2 . . 1022 1 0 76.36583 1707.781 1022 1 2 65.04529 1766.207 1023 2 0 57.13372 996.4772 1023 2 2 52.33152 905.7919 1024 1 0 61.39893 1060.22 1024 1 2 56.26431 802.0148 1025 1 0 127.1972 2630.19 1025 1 2 . . 1026 2 0 79.88757 1726.9504 1026 2 2 54.34812 1155.5836 1027 1 0 60.56401 1684.059 1027 1 2 85.44836 2059.1775 1028 2 0 78.68946 1698.101 1028 2 2 66.658676 1222.4415 1029 2 0 97.76624 1751.821 1029 2 2 98.43185 1980.2466 end label values trt diet_lab label def diet_lab 1 "Treat1", modify label def diet_lab 2 "Treat2", modify label values time visitlab label def visitlab 0 "Baseline", modify label def visitlab 2 "6 Mos", modify label var id "ID" label var trt "Treatment" label var time "Time" label var small "Small" label var large "Large"
0 Response to Margins Command after Mixed Linear Model with Interaction Term / Guidelines to Marginal Effects
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