방법 비교

	강건한 매개 분석	강건 경로 분석
분야	통계학	통계학
계열	Latent structure	Latent structure
기원 연도	2008–2014	1998
창시자	Yuan & MacKinnon (median-regression formulation, 2014); robust bootstrap variants popularised by Hayes (2013) and Preacher & Hayes (2008)	Yuan & Bentler (robust SEM/path framework); Huber (M-estimation foundation)
유형	Causal inference / indirect effects	Causal path modeling with robust estimation
원전	Yuan, Y., & MacKinnon, D. P. (2014). Robust mediation analysis based on median regression. Psychological Methods, 19(1), 1–20.	Yuan, K.-H. & Bentler, P. M. (1998). Robust mean and covariance structure analysis. British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, 51(1), 63–88.
별칭	robust indirect effects, outlier-resistant mediation, robust causal mediation	robust PA, path analysis with robust standard errors, robust causal path modeling, robust structural path modeling
관련	5	6
요약	Robust mediation analysis estimates the indirect effect of an independent variable on an outcome through one or more mediators using estimators that resist the influence of outliers and non-normal error distributions. By combining robust regression (such as median or M-estimation) with percentile or bias-corrected bootstrap confidence intervals, it yields trustworthy conclusions when standard ordinary-least-squares mediation would be distorted by extreme observations.	Robust path analysis applies robust estimation — such as sandwich standard errors or M-estimation — to path models that specify directed causal relationships among observed variables. It preserves valid inference about path coefficients and indirect effects when data violate normality, contain outliers, or exhibit heteroscedasticity that would distort conventional standard errors.