PART I: MEDIATION ANALYSIS
Chapter 1. Explanation and Mechanism
Chapter 2. Mediation: Introduction and Regression-Based
Approaches
Chapter 3. Sensitivity Analysis for Mediation
Chapter 4. Mediation Analysis with Survival Data
Chapter 5. Multiple Mediators
Chapter 6. Mediation Analysis with Time-Varying Exposures and
Mediators
Chapter 7. Selected Topics in Mediation Analysis
Chapter 8. Other Topics Related to Intermediates
PART II: INTERACTION ANALYSIS
Chapter 9. An Introduction to Interaction Analysis
Chapter 10. Mechanistic Interaction
Chapter 11. Bias Analysis for Interactions
Chapter 12. Interaction in Genetics: Independence and Boosting
Power
Chapter 13. Power and Sample-Size Calculations for Interaction
Analysis
PART III: SYNTHESIS AND SPILLOVER EFFECTS
Chapter 14. A Unification of Mediation and Interaction
Chapter 15. Social Interactions and Spillover Effects
Chapter 16. Mediation and Interaction: Future and Context
Appendix. Technical Details and Proofs
References
Tyler J. VanderWeele, Ph.D., is a methodologist at Harvard
University. He holds degrees in biostatistics, mathematics,
finance, philosophy and theology and is currently Professor of
Epidemiology in the Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
at the Harvard School of Public Health and a faculty affiliate of
the Institute of Quantitative Social Science at Harvard University.
His empirical research has been in epidemiology, various fields
within
the social sciences, and the study of religion and health.
"VanderWeele's new book is a landmark achievement in the emerging
field of causal inference, pulling together material scattered
across dozens of technical journals into a coherent whole. The book
blends intuitive explanation, rigor, and scholarship with a clear
and friendly writing style, making it broadly accessible and a
pleasure to read. It and its subsequent editions should become a
standard teaching and reference work for decades to come."
--Sander
Greenland, Professor of Epidemiology and Statistics, UCLA
"Yes, mediation is an important topic. It has longed been used in
the social sciences especially psychology. Of late there has been
interest in many different fields including economics, sociology,
epidemiology, political science and education, among other fields.
Tyler VanderWeele is very qualified to author this book. He has
contributed important work to the development of this topic and is
a talented and careful researcherEL I think there is potential
for
adoption in graduate courses in the social and biomedical sciences.
I also think it could be widely purchased by applied researchers as
a reference. I recommend publication." --Luke Keele, Associate
Professor, Department of Political Science, Penn State
University
"Mediation is about understanding pathways between a treatment and
an outcome that lead to the outcome, i.e., mechanisms. Mechanisms
are a central thing in science and statisticians have been
providing new principled methods for studying these topics over
especially the last 10 years. Especially in the social and
behavioral sciences and in epidemiology there has been great
interest in these methods, and the methodology the author wants to
write about is the new
stuff from the last 10 years [VanderWeele] is the key player in
statistical literature these days. He's a good communicatorEL
Primary market: applied researchers doing mediation in
epidemiology,
social and behavioral sciences. Secondary market: applied
statisticians teaching causal inference and/or working in the area.
Yes, I think this might get some adoptions, and as the potential
outcomes framework becomes more established in disciplines such as
epidemiology and psychology, more adoptions."-Michael Sobel, Dept
Sociology, Columbia
"Vanderweele has written the first book-length treatment of
mediation and interaction (née moderation) using the
causal-inference approach. Regardless of discipline, anyone who has
a serious interest in the application of statistical methods to
estimate, test, and probe causal processes will greatly benefit
from this book." --David A. Kenny, Distinguished Board of Trustees
and Alumni Professor, University of Connecticut
"Mediation analysis has been a highly active area of research in
recent years, and VanderWeele arguably has been the most important
contributor to this research. His book provides an accessible but
comprehensive presentation of mediation, providing an introduction
to both past and cutting-edge research. A must-read. An instant
classic." --Christopher Winship, Diker-Tishman Professor of
Sociology, Harvard University
"This outstanding book fills a void by describing new methods based
on the counterfactual framework. VanderWeele provides a unified
approach to several difficult aspects of mediation analysis."
--David Mackinnon, Professor of Psychology, Arizona State
University
"Have you ever tried to estimate how or why a cause leads to an
effect, using methods you learned more than a few years ago? Want
to know what you did wrong and how to fix it? Then I recommend you
read this important and unusually accessible report from the
cutting-edge of statistical science." --Gary King, Albert J.
Weatherhead University Professor and Director of the Institute for
Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University
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