methods are further developed to address hypotheses of moderated mediation in the multilevel context. An example demonstrates …

Researchers often conduct mediation analysis in order to indirectly assess the effect of a proposed cause on some … outcome through a proposed mediator. The utility of mediation analysis stems from its ability to go beyond the merely … descriptive to a more functional understanding of the relationships among variables. A necessary component of mediation is a …

Abstract Mediation analysis is widely adopted to infer causal mechanism by disentangling indirect or mediated effects …

Abstract Background Causal mediation analysis can improve understanding of the mechanisms underlying epidemiologic … stochastic indirect effect mediated by change in school district. We find no evidence of mediation. Conclusions Our estimator is …