Whether Interaction terms should be included in Linear Regression analysis?
I am working on a linear model with 6 independent variables and when thinking about including an interaction I got lost.
An interaction exists if the level of one independent variable is affected by another independent variable. Doesn't that therefore mean that if an interaction exists there may also be collinearity problems? Similarly, if the correlation is low between the two variables, then that should imply there is no interaction?
I hope my question makes sense and that someone can help me clear up this confusion. I am now confused how we can ever get to having an interaction between two independent variables ?
Topic collinearity linear-regression predictive-modeling
Category Data Science