Not exact matches
After creating a full model containing all
possible confounders, we performed backward elimination, removing
variables whose exclusion from the model resulted in < 10 % change in the effect estimate for the
predictor variable.
However, for crucial 3 - way interactions (e.g., between race, gender, and internalizing symptoms in the CMHI study), it is important to include the three 2 - way interactions between those 3
variables as
possible predictors.
Therefore, among the 1,055
possible participants, 1,000 for Cooperation, 997 for Self - Control, and 1,026 for Assertion were available because of missing
predictor variables or covariates at 2 years of age.