Monte Carlo Confidence Intervals for Complex Functions of Indirect Effects

Structural Equation Modeling

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 194-205

  Tofighi, Davood ^a   MacKinnon, David P ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

confidence interval; mediation analysis; Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

COMPLEX FUNCTIONS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEFINED FUNCTIONS; MEDIATION ANALYSIS; NON-PARAMETRIC BOOTSTRAPS; SIGNIFICANCE LEVELS; SIMULATION STUDIES; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 84957435808     PISSN: 10705511     EISSN: 15328007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10705511.2015.1057284     Document Type: Article

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