RMediation: An R package for mediation analysis confidence intervals

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 692-700

  Tofighi, Davood ^a   MacKinnon, David P ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Confidence intervals; Indirect effect; Mediation; R

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; METHODOLOGY; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROBABILITY; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOFTWARE;

EID: 80052858920     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: 15543528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13428-011-0076-x     Document Type: Article

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