TY - JOUR
T1 - Commentary
T2 - Using potential outcomes to understand causal mediation analysis
AU - Imai, Kosuke
AU - Jo, Booil
AU - Stuart, Elizabeth A.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by the National Institute of Mental Health (MH083846, E. A. Stuart; MH086043, N.S. Ialongo) and the National Science Foundation (SES–0918968, K. Imai).
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - 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).
AB - 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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U2 - 10.1080/00273171.2011.606743
DO - 10.1080/00273171.2011.606743
M3 - Article
C2 - 23788819
AN - SCOPUS:84855757202
SN - 0027-3171
VL - 46
SP - 861
EP - 873
JO - Multivariate Behavioral Research
JF - Multivariate Behavioral Research
IS - 5
ER -