tisane.Unit.moderates

method

Unit.moderates(moderator, on)

Adds an interaction relationship to a data variable

Parameters

• moderator (AbstractVariable or List[AbstractVariable]) – The variable(s) that moderate(s) the effect of this variable on another variable

• on (AbstractVariable) – The target of the moderated effect

Examples

Race interacts with SES to cause math achievement:

>>> import tisane as ts
>>> student = ts.Unit(name="student_id")
>>> race = student.nominal(name="race")
>>> ses = student.ordinal(name="SES")
>>> math_achievement = student.numeric(name="math_score")
>>> race.moderates(moderator=ses, on=math_achievement)

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