Moderated Mediation Analysis Using Bayesian Methods

Structural Equation Modeling

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 249-263

  Wang, Lijuan Peggy ^a   Preacher, Kristopher J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian methods; model specification; moderated mediation

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; SPECIFICATIONS; VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT;

BAYESIAN APPROACHES; BAYESIAN METHODS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FREQUENTIST METHODS; MEDIATION ANALYSIS; MODEL SPECIFICATIONS; MODERATED MEDIATION; SIMULATION STUDIES;

STATISTICAL TESTS;

EID: 84926191515     PISSN: 10705511     EISSN: 15328007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10705511.2014.935256     Document Type: Article

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