Mediator Data

This dataset contains 100 observations, generated under the following mechanism: X ~ N(0, 1) (exposure) Z ~ X + N(0,1) (measured factor: mediator) Y ~ Z + N(0, 1) (outcome)

Usage

causal_mediator

Format

A dataframe with 100 rows and 3 variables:

• exposure: exposure

• covariate: a known factor (mediator)

• outcome: outcome

References

Lucy D’Agostino McGowan, Travis Gerke & Malcolm Barrett (2023) Causal inference is not just a statistics problem, Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education, DOI: 10.1080/26939169.2023.2276446