Mediation analysis and categorical variables: Some further frontiers

Journal of Consumer Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 595-598

  Feinberg, Fred M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian statistics; Categorical data analysis; Consumer behavior; Marketing; Mediation analysis; Regression

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866319768     PISSN: 10577408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcps.2012.03.007     Document Type: Article

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