In Epidemiology, is it advisable to use a statistical test to identify mediators in a causal pathway? If yes, which tests do you propose?

Michael Osei Mireku @Michael_Mireku

08 August 2013 1 9K Report

Which statistical packages can help in this situation? Any knowledge on how to do that on STATA would be helpful.

Ehsan Mostafavi

This paper can help you to use STATA to solve your problem:

Hicks R, Tingley D. Causal mediation analysis. Stata Journal 2011;11(4):605.

Badges
Science topic

Similar topics
Medicine
Epi

More Michael Osei Mireku's questions See All

Should I adjust for the interaction between two co-variates in a multiple regression model?

I am running a multiple regression model and I an realizing there is an interaction between two covariates and with this interaction term, both covariates remain in the model while the R²...

05 June 2014 3,395 11 View

GC-MS retention index prediticon?

Hello experts, Does anyone know any free software about retention index prediction ?

08 August 2024 7,403 2 View

How to normalize and take the significance of the MTT OD values with 3 replicates for the same cell-line?

Hi, I have a question about normalizing the MTT OD values for doing the statistical analysis. So, if we have 3 different plates and we call them 3 different replicates, so, first we would...

07 August 2024 8,106 4 View

If we are using snowball sampling technique, how do we justify the true representativeness of the sample statistically? is there any statistical test?

Are there any statistical methods to justify your sampling technique using SPSS or AMOS?

05 August 2024 9,153 4 View

How to report results of Generalised Linear Mixed Models in a journal article?

Hi everyone, If you have written or come across any papers where Generalised Linear Mixed Models are used to examine intervention (e.g., in mental health) efficacy, could you please share the...

04 August 2024 4,130 4 View

What are possible strategies can be used to analyze data under sequential explanatory mixed method approach?

Better ways to analyze the qualitative and quantitative data in a sequential explanatory mixed method approaches

04 August 2024 2,703 6 View

Can anyone provide me with molecular docking softwares/ websites?

Molecular docking software/ websites?

02 August 2024 8,704 7 View

What is the best sampling strategy?

I am conducting a qualitative study that uses interviews to investigate the perceptions of teachers about a particular leadership practice and I am focusing on 3 schools which have a total number...

01 August 2024 8,457 10 View

Should I remove an item from a scale to raise Cronbach's alpha and McDonald's omega or is it better to leave it if they are both over .7 already?

Hello! I have this scale which had 10 items initially. I had to remove items 8 and 10 because they correlated negatively with the scale, and then I removed item 9 because Cronbach's alpha and...

01 August 2024 4,606 7 View

Why 3 replicates for most biological assays? Is it enough to examine the data fits normal distribution?

Just bounced on me. Before statistically analysing significant difference, shouldn't we see if data fits normal distribution first? Is 3 replicates enough to testify the hypothesis of normal...

31 July 2024 8,141 13 View

Posthoc test lettering in JAMOVI?

Does anyone know of a module for the JAMOVI software that is capable of generating mean separations using the classic letters based on post hoc results (e.g., Tukey test)? If, as I believe, such...

31 July 2024 3,333 4 View