Answer to ANCOVA lab question. Coefficients: Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|) (Intercept) 0.460795 0.400080 1.152 0.2523 age -0.003374 0.007252 -0.465 0.6428 diagnosisschizo 0.443384 0.539462 0.822 0.4132 age:diagnosisschizo -0.025433 0.010031 -2.535 0.0129 * Remember, in multiple regression, the coefficient of one variable tells how the predicted value changes as that variable is changed. When an interaction is present, the interaction coefficient tells you how the effect (coefficient) of one variable changes as the other changes. Thus, if age changes by 1, the coefficient of diagnosis changes by an amount equal to the interaction coefficient, and if diagnosis changes by 1, the age coefficient changes by an amount equal to the interaction coefficient. In this case, diagnosis is a 0/1 coded variable with schizo=1. Thus, as diagnosis changes from 0 to 1 (normal to schizo), the age coefficient (effect) would change as follows: -0.003374 + (-0.025433) = -0.028807