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ArticleMultivariate behavioral research2011

Using Potential Outcomes to Understand Causal Mediation Analysis: Comment on.

Kosuke Imai, Booil Jo, Elizabeth A Stuart

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Article in Multivariate behavioral research, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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3 authors.

Kosuke ImaiDepartment of Politics, Princeton University, Princeton NJ 08544. -258-6601, URL: http://imai.princeton.edu.
Booil Jo
Elizabeth A Stuart

Funding

RESEARCH METHODS COREP30MH086043 · NIMH · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI IALONGO, NICHOLAS · 2009 to 2013
$9.2M
Estimating Population Effects of Mental Health interventionsK25MH083846 · NIMH · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI STUART, ELIZABETH A. · 2008 to 2012
$780k
NIMH NIH HHS K25 MH083846NIMH NIH HHS P30 MH086043
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this commentary, we demonstrate how the potential outcomes framework can help understand the key identification assumptions underlying causal mediation analysis. We show that this framework can lead to the development of alternative research design and statistical analysis strategies applicable to the longitudinal data settings considered by Maxwell, Cole, and Mitchell (2011).

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PMID23788819
PMCPMC3685497

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