Re: st: Would _sgmediation_ work for dichotomous dependent variable?

[Bo MacInnis <bo@macinnis.org>]

Maarten,

Thank you so much! As you might have seen Mr. Ender's response, there 
is another new tool he made just for that purpose. I am excited about 
using it. Thank you also for your reference on Stata jounral.

Bo

At 12:32 PM 8/1/2010, you wrote:
> --- On Sun, 1/8/10, Bo MacInnis wrote:
> > Interested in using the wonderful _sgmediation_ command
> > that Phil Ender provided, I wonder if the use of
> > _sgmediation_ is restricted to linear regression with
> > continuous dependent variable. I have a case where the
> > dependent variable is categorical or even dichotomous, and
> > I've been using probit for the main (total effect) for the
> > dichotomous dependent variable. I'd like to use
> > _sgmediation_ for the mediational analysis.
>
> That is not possible. The estimation of mediation effects is
> much more easier in linear regression. This kind of
> calculations do not generalize to non-linear models like
> -probit-. A discussion of this issue can be found in:
>
> M.L. Buis (2010) "Direct and indirect effects in a logit
> model", The Stata Journal, 10(1), pp. 11-29.
>
> This paper also contains one possible sollution.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Maarten (author of the above article)
>
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