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Michael E. Sobel

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Michael E. Sobel
Born
Michael Edward Sobel
NationalityAmerican
EducationFlorida State University
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Known forSobel test
AwardsMember of the Sociological Research Association
Scientific career
FieldsStatistics
InstitutionsColumbia University
ThesisLifestyle and Social Structure in Contemporary American Society: Concepts, Definitions, and Analyses (1980)
Doctoral advisorHalliman H. Winsborough

Michael Edward Sobel is an American statistician who is a professor in the Department of Statistics at Columbia University.[1] He is known for developing the Sobel test, a statistical test that is used to detect the presence of mediation between two variables by a third variable.[2]

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  1. ^ "Michael E. Sobel". Department of Statistics. Columbia University. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
  2. ^ Sobel Test. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications. 2017. doi:10.4135/9781483381411.n570. ISBN 9781483381435. {{cite encyclopedia}}: |journal= ignored (help)
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