Author:
Chi W. Edward,Huang Sijia,Jeon Minjeong,Park Elizabeth S.,Melguizo Tatiana,Kezar Adrianna
Abstract
Experimental and quasi-experimental designs have been increasingly employed in education. Mediation analysis has long been used to measure the role of mediators. Causal mediation analysis provides a modern approach to evaluate potential causal roles of mediators. Compared with conventional mediation analysis, causal mediation analysis has several advantages, e.g., by enabling us to evaluate necessary assumptions to establish a valid causal role of the mediator of interest. Despite these advantages and the availability of various software programs, causal mediation analysis has not been employed frequently in educational research. In this paper, we provide a step-by-step guide to causal mediation analysis using the freeRpackagemediationin order to promote the more frequent application of causal mediation analysis in education, with an accessible data example from a Comprehensive College Transition Program (CCTP).
Funder
Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation
Cited by
13 articles.
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