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Enough Already About 'Black Box' Experiments: Studying Mediation is More Difficult than Most Scholars Suppose

Year: 2009

Type: preprint

Abstract: Recent years have seen growing enthusiasm for regression models that purport to establish claims about mediation. Despite their growing popularity, these regression models rest on naive assumptions. The point of this essay is to puncture the widely held view that it is a relatively simple matter to establish the mechanism by which causality is transmitted. This means puncturing the faith that has been placed in commonly used statistical methods of establishing mediation.

Source: SSRN Electronic Journal

Authors: Donald P. Green, Shang E. Ha, John G. Bullock

Institutions: Columbia University, Brooklyn College, Northwestern University, Northwestern University

Language: English

Topic: Advanced Causal Inference Techniques

Subfield: Statistics and Probability

Field: Mathematics

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W3125456507

Cites: 2

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