Causal mediation analysis: from simple to more robust strategies for estimation of marginal natural (in)direct effects

DOI10.1214/22-SS140OpenAlexW4317467120MaRDI QIDQ2683176

Ian Schmid, Elizabeth B. Sarker, Elizabeth A. Stuart, Elizabeth L. Ogburn, Ina M. Koning, Noah Greifer, Trang Quynh Nguyen

Publication date: 3 February 2023

Published in: Statistics Surveys (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2102.06048

zbMATH Keywords

robust estimationcausal mediation analysismethod visualizationnatural (in)direct effects

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Causal inference from observational studies (62D20)

Uses Software

• SPSS
• mediation
• SAS
• energy
• MICE
• medflex
• cobalt

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