S4E4: Mediation with Kara Rudolph and Ivan Diaz

In this episode, Matt and Hailey talk with Dr. Kara Rudolph and Dr. Ivan Diaz about mediation analysis. We talk through what it is, what it means and when we want to do it. We talk about mechanism of causation and how mediation can help. We cover things like natural direct and indirect effects and controlled direct effects (and why there isn’t a controlled indirect effect – a thing that stumped Matt for some time). And we discuss the different assumptions need to draw valid inferences in a mediation analysis, like all the many no confounding assumptions and the cross world assumption. And we talk about what Matt refers to as mediated moderation (interaction in the effect on the outcome between the exposure and mediator).

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S4E4: Mediation with Kara Rudolph and Ivan Diaz is an episode from SERious EPI by Sue Bevan - Society for Epidemiologic Research.

This episode is 58:35 long.

This episode was published on Nov 15, 2024.

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