{"product_id":"causality-in-a-social-world-9781118332566","title":"Causality in a Social World","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCausality in a Social World introduces innovative new statistical research and strategies for investigating moderated intervention effects, mediated intervention effects, and spill-over effects using experimental or quasi-experimental data.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface xv \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Overview 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Introduction 3\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 Concepts of moderation, mediation, and spill-over 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 Weighting methods for causal inference 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 Objectives and organization of the book 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4 How is this book situated among other publications on related topics? 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Review of causal inference concepts and methods 18\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 Causal inference theory 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 Applications to Lord’s paradox and Simpson’s paradox 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 Identification and estimation 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Review of causal inference designs and analytic methods 40\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Experimental designs 40\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 Quasiexperimental designs 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 Statistical adjustment methods 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4 Propensity score 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Adjustment for selection bias through weighting 76\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 Weighted estimation of population parameters in survey sampling 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 Weighting adjustment for selection bias in causal inference 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 MMWS 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Evaluations of multivalued treatments 100\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 Defining the causal effects of multivalued treatments 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 Existing designs and analytic methods for evaluating multivalued treatments 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 MMWS for evaluating multivalued treatments 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4 Summary 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Moderation 127\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Moderated treatment effects: concepts and existing analytic methods 129\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 What is moderation? 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 Experimental designs and analytic methods for investigating explicit moderators 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 Existing research designs and analytic methods for investigating implicit moderators 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Marginal mean weighting through stratification for investigating moderated treatment effects 159\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 Existing methods for moderation analyses with quasiexperimental data 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 MMWS estimation of treatment effects moderated by individual or contextual characteristics 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 MMWS estimation of the joint effects of concurrent treatments 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Cumulative effects of time-varying treatments 185\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 Causal effects of treatment sequences 186\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 Existing strategies for evaluating time-varying treatments 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3 MMWS for evaluating 2-year treatment sequences 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4 MMWS for evaluating multiyear sequences of multivalued treatments 204\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5 Conclusion 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Mediation 211\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Concepts of mediated treatment effects and experimental designs for investigating causal mechanisms 213\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1 Introduction 214\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2 Path coefficients 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3 Potential outcomes and potential mediators 216\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4 Causal effects with counterfactual mediators 219\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.5 Population causal parameters 222\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.6 Experimental designs for studying causal mediation 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Existing analytic methods for investigating causal mediation mechanisms 238\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.1 Path analysis and SEM 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2 Modified regression approach 246\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3 Marginal structural models 250\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4 Conditional structural models 252\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.5 Alternative weighting methods 254\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.6 Resampling approach 256\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.7 IV method 257\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.8 Principal stratification 259\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.9 Sensitivity analysis 261\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.10 Conclusion 265\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Investigations of a simple mediation mechanism 273\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.1 Application example: national evaluation of welfare-to-work strategies 274\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2 RMPW rationale 277\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3 Parametric RMPW procedure 287\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.4 Nonparametric RMPW procedure 290\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.5 Simulation results 292\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.6 Discussion 295\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 RMPW extensions to alternative designs and measurement 301\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.1 RMPW extensions to mediators and outcomes of alternative distributions 301\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.2 RMPW extensions to alternative research designs 306\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3 Alternative decomposition of the treatment effect 321\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 RMPW extensions to studies of complex mediation mechanisms 325\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.1 RMPW extensions to moderated mediation 325\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.2 RMPW extensions to concurrent mediators 328\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.3 RMPW extensions to consecutive mediators 340\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.4 Discussion 355\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Spill-over 363\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e14 Spill-over of treatment effects: concepts and methods 365\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.1 Spill-over: A nuisance, a trifle, or a focus? 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