APS
31st APS Annual Convention · 2019
Improving Causal Inference and Replication in Longitudinal Mediation Analysis.
- Davood Tofighi
University of New Mexico - Yu-Yu Hsiao
University of New Mexico - Eric Kruger
University of New Mexico - David MacKinnon
Arizona State University, Tempe - M Lee Van Horn
University of New Mexico - Katie Witkiewitz
University of New Mexico
Abstract
We developed a sensitivity analysis technique for a multiple mediator model with two covarying mediators. We compute the biasing effect of confounding on point and confidence interval estimates of the indirect effects. We illustrate plots to visually summarize the effects of confounding on each indirect effect using an empirical example.
Statistics and Methodology