.mcee_check_formula_mediator

Check config formula for inclusion/exclusion of mediator

Provides methods to analyze micro-randomized trials (MRTs) with binary treatment options. Supports four types of analyses: (1) proximal causal excursion effects, including weighted and centered least squares (WCLS) for continuous proximal outcomes by Boruvka et al. (2018) <doi:10.1080/01621459.2017.1305274> and the estimator for marginal excursion effect (EMEE) for binary proximal outcomes by Qian et al. (2021) <doi:10.1093/biomet/asaa070>; (2) distal causal excursion effects (DCEE) for continuous distal outcomes using a two-stage estimator by Qian (2025) <doi:10.1093/biomtc/ujaf134>; (3) mediated causal excursion effects (MCEE) for continuous distal outcomes, estimating natural direct and indirect excursion effects in the presence of time-varying mediators by Qian (2025) <doi:10.48550/arXiv.2506.20027>; and (4) standardized proximal effect size estimation for continuous proximal outcomes, generalizing the approach in Luers et al. (2019) <doi:10.1007/s11121-017-0862-5> to allow adjustment for baseline and time-varying covariates for improved efficiency.

Tianchen Qian

MRTAnalysis

Assessing Proximal, Distal, and Mediated Causal Excursion
Effects for Micro-Randomized Trials

Shaolin Xiang

Zhaoxi Cheng

Xinyi Song

John Dziak

Audrey Boruvka

.mcee_check_formula_mediator function

<dl><dt>config</dt>
<dd>A nuisance config list (may or may not contain `formula`).</dd>
<dt>target</dt>
<dd>Character scalar, one of "p", "q", "eta", "mu", "nu".</dd>
<dt>mediator</dt>
<dd>Character scalar: mediator variable name.</dd></dl>

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Check config formula for inclusion/exclusion of mediator — .mcee_check_formula_mediator

<dl>

<dt>config</dt>
<dd>A nuisance config list (may or may not contain `formula`).</dd>


<dt>target</dt>
<dd>Character scalar, one of "p", "q", "eta", "mu", "nu".</dd>


<dt>mediator</dt>
<dd>Character scalar: mediator variable name.</dd>

</dl>

.mcee_check_formula_mediator: Check config formula for inclusion/exclusion of mediator

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