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additive scale
additive scale An additive scale is a way of examining how two factors work together by comparing their combined effect with the sum of their separate effects.
An additive scale is a way of examining how two factors work together by comparing their combined effect with the sum of their separate effects. On this scale, an interaction is present when the joint effect is greater than what would be expected by simply adding the individual effects.