Commentary on "Mediation analysis and categorical variables: The final frontier" by Dawn Iacobucci

Journal of Consumer Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 600-602

  MacKinnon, David P ^a   Cox, Matthew G ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Categorial data analysis; Indirect effects; Mediation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866339860     PISSN: 10577408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcps.2012.03.009     Document Type: Article

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