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Mediation analysis and categorical variables: Some further frontiers
Author(s) -
Feinberg Fred M.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of consumer psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.433
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1532-7663
pISSN - 1057-7408
DOI - 10.1016/j.jcps.2012.03.007
Subject(s) - categorical variable , mediation , econometrics , measure (data warehouse) , psychology , range (aeronautics) , computer science , data science , artificial intelligence , machine learning , data mining , sociology , mathematics , social science , materials science , composite material
Iacobucci (2012) provides a conceptually appealing, readily implemented measure to assess mediation for a far wider range of data type combinations than traditional OLS‐based analyses permit. Here, we consider potential applications and extensions along several lines, particularly in terms of random utility models, simulation‐based estimation, and potential nonlinearities, as well as some methodological and cultural impediments.