Concepts and Methods in Causal Mediation Analysis
Date:
03/06/2016
Organised by:
Royal Statistical Society
Presenter:
Professor B De Stavola & Dr R Daniel
Level:
Advanced (specialised prior knowledge)
Contact:
Tessa Pearson, +44 (0)20 7614 3947
training@rss.org.uk
Description:
Many research areas may involve the study of how the effect of a particular exposure on the outcome of interest is mediated by intermediate factors. Although the study of mediation is well established in the social and behavioural sciences, and often loosely attempted in epidemiology, developments in modern causal inference have highlighted the limitations of these ‘classical’ approaches and led to new definitions based on counterfactuals and novel estimation methods that deal with specific challenges such as intermediate confounding. On this one day training course we will present and compare these two frameworks and stress the greater rigour and generality permitted by the potential outcomes framework.
Cost:
£400 + vat discounts available
Website and registration:
http://www.rss.org.uk/RSS/Training
Region:
Greater London
Keywords:
Qualitative Data Handling and Data Analysis, Quantitative Data Handling and Data Analysis
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