השוואת שיטות

	ניתוח תהליך מותנה (תיווך מודרטי)	מודל משוואות מבניות בייסיאני (BSEM)	תכנון רגרסיה בדידה (RDD)
תחום	הסקה סיבתית	בייסיאני	הסקה סיבתית
משפחה	Regression model	Bayesian methods	Regression model
שנת המקור	2018	2012	2008
הוגה השיטה	Andrew F. Hayes (PROCESS framework); Preacher, Rucker & Hayes (moderated mediation)	Bengt Muthén & Tihomir Asparouhov	Imbens & Lemieux (guide to practice); Cattaneo, Idrobo & Titiunik (practical introduction)
סוג	Regression-based conditional process model	Bayesian latent variable model	Quasi-experimental causal design
מקור מכונן	Hayes, A. F. (2018). Introduction to Mediation, Moderation, and Conditional Process Analysis: A Regression-Based Approach (2nd ed.). The Guilford Press. ISBN: 978-1462534654	Muthén, B. & Asparouhov, T. (2012). Bayesian SEM: A More Flexible Representation of Substantive Theory. Psychological Methods, 17(3), 313–335.	Imbens, G. W., & Lemieux, T. (2008). Regression Discontinuity Designs: A Guide to Practice. Journal of Econometrics, 142(2), 615-635.
כינויים	moderated mediation, moderated mediation analysis, PROCESS model, Hayes PROCESS conditional process model	BSEM, Bayesian latent variable model, approximate zero constraints SEM, Bayesçi Yapısal Eşitlik Modeli	RDD, regression discontinuity design, sharp RDD, fuzzy RDD
קשורות	5	6	5
תקציר	Conditional process analysis is Andrew F. Hayes's regression-based PROCESS framework (2018) that combines mediation and moderation in a single model, testing how an indirect effect changes across levels of a moderator. It quantifies conditional indirect and conditional direct effects and tests them with bootstrap confidence intervals.	Bayesian SEM, introduced by Muthén and Asparouhov in 2012, extends classical structural equation modeling by placing prior distributions on factor loadings, path coefficients, and covariances. Instead of returning a single maximum-likelihood estimate, it uses Markov chain Monte Carlo to produce a full posterior distribution for every parameter, enabling principled uncertainty quantification in models with latent variables.	Regression Discontinuity Design is a quasi-experimental method that identifies a causal effect by locally comparing units just above and just below a cutoff on a continuous assignment (running) variable. Formalised for applied work by Imbens and Lemieux (2008) and developed as a practical framework by Cattaneo, Idrobo, and Titiunik (2020), it estimates a local average treatment effect (LATE) at the threshold.