Mediation analysis and categorical variables: Some further frontiers
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Mediation analysis and categorical variables: The final frontier
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Consumer Psychology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1057-7408
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcps.2012.03.007