Mediation and spillover effects in group-randomized trials: A case study of the 4Rs educational intervention

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 108, Issue 502, 2013, Pages 469-482

  VanderWeele, Tyler J ^a   Hong, Guanglei ^b   Jones, Stephanie M ^c   Brown, Joshua L ^d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^d FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct indirect effects; Interference; Multilevel models; Social interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890062499     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.2013.779832     Document Type: Article

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