Abstract
mediation is a publicly available R package that allows both parametric and nonparametric causal mediation analysis. It implements the methods and suggestions in Imai, Keele, and Yamamoto (2010) and Imai, Keele, and Tingley (2010). In addition to the estimation of causal mediation effects, the software allows researchers to conduct sensitivity analysis for certain parametric models. See also the Stata version.
Current Version
The current version is 3.0 (built on 04/29/11) which runs on R 2.7 and higher. The source code and binaries are available for download from The Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN)
Installation
Regardless of one’s operating system, the software can be installed by typing the following command at R prompt:
> install.packages(“mediation”)
This will install the latest version from CRAN. Please make sure that your R is up to date too.
Documentation
The complete documentation with many examples is available. The software also comes with standard R help files.
Mailing List
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