Causal Mediation Analysis in Single Case Experimental Designs: Introduction to the Special Issue

• Published in: Evaluation & the health professions Vol. 45; no. 1; pp. 3 - 7
• Main Authors: Miočević, Milica, Moeyaert, Mariola, Mayer, Axel, Montoya, Amanda K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.03.2022; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Between-subjects design; Clinical outcomes; Data analysis; Exceptions; Humans; Indirect effects; Longitudinal studies; Mediation Analysis; Medical diagnosis; Medical personnel; Medical research; Models, Statistical; Predictor Variables; Quantitative analysis; Research Design; Research Personnel; Special Issue: Single Subject Causal Mediation Analysis; Variables; special issue; mediation analysis; causal inference; SCEDs; introduction article

This special issue of Evaluation and the Health Professions is dedicated to methods for causal mediation analysis in Single Case Experimental Designs (SCEDs). Mediation analysis is used to identify intermediate variables that transmit the effect of the independent variable on the outcome. Until rece...