ndirect_effect_mult_or {efflog}

Natural direct effect for loglinear models with the multiplicative interaction

Description

This function calculates the natural direct effect using the odds ratio for a loglinear model with the multiplicative interaction and under dummy code parametrization

Usage

ndirect_effect_mult_or(x, y, z, w, t, q)

Arguments

x

it is the parameter \mu^{Y=1}

y

it is the parameter \mu^{X=1,Y=1}

z

it is the parameter \mu^{Z=1, Y=1}

w

it is the parameter \mu_c^{Z=1}

t

it is the parameter \mu_c^{X=1,Z=1}

q

it is the parameter \mu^{X=1,Z=1,Y=1}

Value

ndirect_effect_mult_or returns the natural direct effect

Author(s)

Gloria Gheno

References

Gheno Gloria (2015),The causal analysis in the loglinear model

Examples

 ndirect_effect_mult_or(0.6,0.8,0.5,2,0.7,0.6)