Tests of mediation: Paradoxical decline in statistical power as a function of mediator collinearity

Journal of Experimental Education

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 283-306

  Beasley, T Mark ^a  

^a GERIATRIC RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CLINICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bootstrap; Collinearity; Mediation analysis; Power; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903313350     PISSN: 00220973     EISSN: 19400683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220973.2013.813360     Document Type: Article

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