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Does raising type 1 error rate improve power to detect interactions in linear regression models? A simulation study.

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Area of Science:

  • Statistics
  • Data Analysis
  • Scientific Research

Background:

  • Statistical interactions are crucial in data analysis across disciplines.
  • Low statistical power to detect interactions is a common challenge.
  • Elevating the Type 1 error rate is sometimes considered to mitigate low power.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To quantify the effects of elevating the Type 1 error rate on the power to detect interactions in linear regression models.
  • To investigate the impact of varying interaction types, effect sizes, sample sizes, and Type 1 error rates.

Main Methods:

  • A Monte Carlo simulation study was conducted.
  • Examined three interaction types: continuous by continuous, continuous by dichotomous, and dichotomous by dichotomous.
  • Varied interaction effect sizes, sample sizes, and Type 1 error rates across 240 unique simulations.

Main Results:

  • In most scenarios, elevating the Type 1 error rate did not improve power and increased the risk of false positives.
  • Power was often too low or too high at an alpha of 0.05.
  • A few specific scenarios were identified where an elevated Type 1 error rate might be justifiable.

Conclusions:

  • Routinely increasing the Type 1 error rate for interaction testing is not recommended.
  • Researchers should prioritize a priori hypothesis testing and appropriate sample size calculations for interactions.
  • This practice can lead to the inclusion of spurious interactions in models.