Statistics Made Easy 6.5: Testing Mediation in Stata

In this tutorial, we conduct a mediation analysis in Stata, utilizing the "mediate" command, which is accessible in Stata 18 and higher. Alternatively, you can explore Stata's structural equation modeling (SEM) capabilities: https://www.stata.com/features/structural-equation-modeling/ For an introduction to mediation, check out this video: https://youtu.be/8fH3hcUCPjI For additional background reading, I recommend these papers and the Stata presentation: https://doi.org/10.1177/1094428115627498 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jom.2014.01.003 https://www.stata.com/meeting/oceania25/slides/Oceania25_Huber.pdf Remember, the official Stata help files (type "help [command]" in the Stata command line) and the Stata forum (statalist.org) offer valuable support. Additionally, search engines (e.g., Google and Bing) and artificial intelligence tools (e.g., ChatGPT and Gemini) can assist you in finding the code you need. You can download the datasets, additional explanations, and the Stata "Do Files" for the tutorial by following this link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1dD_XvNMlJ9J-HfNzzRo5ZeaJ9_Zqo654?usp=sharing