RADIANCE - Casual Mediation Analysis

Date:

27/11/2024 - 28/11/2024

Organised by:

University College London

Presenter:

Professor Paola Zaninotto

Level:

Advanced (specialised prior knowledge)

Contact:

Olivia Evans - olivia.evans@ucl.ac.uk
Professor Paola Zaninotto - p.zaninotto@ucl.ac.uk

Venue: Online

Description:

Course description

This course is for anyone wishing to have an overview of main concepts of mediation analysis and to appreciate the difficulties in dealing with multiple mediators. Various approaches will be presented with an emphasis on comparing standard approaches with those from the causal inference framework. The course consists of two lectures each followed by a computer practical exercise.

During the computer practical sessions a data set and a set of questions will be given to analyse using a statistical software (Stata or R), under the guidance of tutors.

Learning objectives

-To understand when is appropriate to use mediation analysis

-Learn the key concepts of mediation analysis

-Learn to perform a mediation analysis using a real dataset

-Compare alternative approaches to deal with multiple mediators

Course Structure

There will be 2 on-line live lectures and 2 on-line live practical sessions either in Stata or R.

Timetable

Date	Time
27 and 28/11/2024	9:30-13:00

Pre-requisite

Participants should attend “Estimating Causal effects” or have knowledge of Causal inference.

Ahead of the course Participants should watch the RADIANCE appetiser called “Causal questions”.