R/causal_mediator.R

In quartets: Datasets to Help Teach Statistics

#' 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)
#'
#' @references D'Agostino McGowan L, Barrett M (2023). Causal inference is not a statistical problem. Preprint arXiv:2304.02683v1.
#'
#' @format A dataframe with 100 rows and 3 variables:
#'
#' * `exposure`: exposure
#' * `covariate`: a known factor (mediator)
#' * `outcome`: outcome
"causal_mediator"