Michael E. Sobel

19.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
63 papers, 14.9k citations indexed

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Michael E. Sobel is a scholar working on Statistics and Probability, Sociology and Political Science and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael E. Sobel has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 14.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Statistics and Probability, 16 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 8 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Michael E. Sobel's work include Advanced Causal Inference Techniques (12 papers), Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference (10 papers) and Statistical Methods and Inference (10 papers). Michael E. Sobel is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Causal Inference Techniques (12 papers), Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference (10 papers) and Statistical Methods and Inference (10 papers). Michael E. Sobel collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Hong Kong. Michael E. Sobel's co-authors include Gerhard Arminger, Clifford C. Clogg, Alan Agresti, Clement A. Stone, George W. Bohrnstedt, Ted Mouw, Otis Dudley Duncan, Michael Hout, Andrew Gelman and Steven Kou and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Statistical Association, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and American Sociological Review.

In The Last Decade

Michael E. Sobel

63 papers receiving 13.8k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Asymptotic Confidence Intervals for Indirect Effects in Structural Equation Models

1982 10.5k citations Michael E. Sobel Sociological Methodology profile →
Some New Results on Indirect Effects and Their Standard Errors in Covariance Structure Models

1986 828 citations Michael E. Sobel Sociological Methodology profile →
Direct and Indirect Effects in Linear Structural Equation Models

1987 551 citations Michael E. Sobel Sociological Methods & Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael E. Sobel United States	26	4.1k	2.9k	2.6k	2.5k	1.4k	63	14.9k
Raymond R. Reno United States	11	4.0k 1.0×	2.9k 1.0×	2.1k 0.8×	1.3k 0.5×	791 0.6×	17	12.0k
Patricia Cohen United States	8	2.6k 0.6×	3.0k 1.0×	2.8k 1.1×	1.8k 0.7×	1.0k 0.7×	15	12.9k
Leona S. Aiken United States	46	4.5k 1.1×	4.8k 1.6×	4.9k 1.9×	2.3k 1.0×	1.4k 1.0×	126	20.5k
Charles E. Lance United States	42	3.8k 0.9×	4.5k 1.5×	3.0k 1.2×	4.5k 1.8×	1.1k 0.8×	111	15.6k
Michael R. Mullen United States	19	2.8k 0.7×	2.0k 0.7×	1.5k 0.6×	2.2k 0.9×	1.5k 1.0×	30	10.9k
Douglas G. Bonett United States	33	4.8k 1.2×	4.9k 1.7×	3.7k 1.4×	4.6k 1.9×	1.7k 1.2×	107	22.6k
Neal Schmitt United States	63	4.1k 1.0×	4.7k 1.6×	2.9k 1.1×	5.9k 2.4×	1.0k 0.7×	231	18.4k
Dag Sörbom Sweden	26	4.7k 1.1×	4.8k 1.6×	3.4k 1.3×	4.1k 1.7×	1.8k 1.3×	35	20.9k
Chondra M. Lockwood United States	10	3.7k 0.9×	4.5k 1.5×	4.9k 1.9×	2.8k 1.1×	914 0.6×	12	15.8k
Edward E. Rigdon United States	31	3.9k 1.0×	2.1k 0.7×	1.6k 0.6×	3.0k 1.2×	1.4k 1.0×	69	13.3k

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Sobel, Michael E. & Martin A. Lindquist. (2020). Estimating causal effects in studies of human brain function: New models, methods and estimands. The Annals of Applied Statistics. 14(1). 452–472. 2 indexed citations

Sobel, Michael E., David Madigan, & Wei Wang. (2016). Causal Inference for Meta-Analysis and Multi-Level Data Structures, with Application to Randomized Studies of Vioxx. Psychometrika. 82(2). 459–474. 14 indexed citations

Sobel, Michael E.. (2012). Does Marriage Boost Men’s Wages?: Identification of Treatment Effects in Fixed Effects Regression Models for Panel Data. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 107(498). 521–529. 23 indexed citations

Sobel, Michael E. & Bengt Muthén. (2012). Compliance Mixture Modelling with a Zero‐Effect Complier Class and Missing Data. Biometrics. 68(4). 1037–1045. 9 indexed citations

Murji, Ally & Michael E. Sobel. (2010). Bowel obstruction and pelvic mass. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 183(6). 686–692. 2 indexed citations

Sobel, Michael E.. (2005). Discussion: 'The Scientific Model of Causality'. Sociological Methodology. 35(1). 99–133. 2 indexed citations

Mouw, Ted & Michael E. Sobel. (2001). Culture Wars and Opinion Polarization: The Case of Abortion. American Journal of Sociology. 106(4). 913–943. 112 indexed citations

Sobel, Michael E. & Erling B. Andersen. (1998). Introduction to the Statistical Analysis of Categorical Data. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 93(442). 837–837. 4 indexed citations

Sobel, Michael E.. (1993). [Bayesian Analysis in Expert Systems]: Comment. Statistical Science. 8(3). 1 indexed citations

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Sobel, Michael E. & Gerhard Arminger. (1992). Modeling Household Fertility Decisions: A Nonlinear Simultaneous Probit Model. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 87(417). 38–38. 6 indexed citations

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Sobel, Michael E., Peter M. Blau, & Otis Dudley Duncan. (1992). The American Occupational Structure and Structural Equation Modeling in Sociology. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 21(5). 662–662. 5 indexed citations

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Stone, Clement A. & Michael E. Sobel. (1990). The Robustness of Estimates of Total Indirect Effects in Covariance Structure Models Estimated by Maximum Likelihood. Psychometrika. 55(2). 337–352. 160 indexed citations

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Sobel, Michael E.. (1990). Effect Analysis and Causation in Linear Structural Equation Models. Psychometrika. 55(3). 495–515. 193 indexed citations

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Hout, Michael, Otis Dudley Duncan, & Michael E. Sobel. (1987). Association and Heterogeneity: Structural Models of Similarities and Differences. Sociological Methodology. 17. 145–145. 38 indexed citations

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Sobel, Michael E.. (1987). Direct and Indirect Effects in Linear Structural Equation Models. Sociological Methods & Research. 16(1). 155–176. 551 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sobel, Michael E. & Gerhard Arminger. (1986). Platonic and Operational True Scores in Covariance Structure Analysis. Sociological Methods & Research. 15(1-2). 44–58. 7 indexed citations

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Sobel, Michael E.. (1985). Theory, Description, and Quantification: A Note on the Use of the Independence Model in Mobility Research. Sociology. 19(3). 437–441. 4 indexed citations

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Tallman, Irving & Michael E. Sobel. (1984). Lifestyle and Social Structure: Concepts, Definitions, Analysis.. Social Forces. 62(4). 1121–1121. 11 indexed citations

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Sobel, Michael E., et al.. (1983). Social Measurement: Current Issues.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 12(3). 326–326. 19 indexed citations

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Fligstein, Neil, Michael E. Sobel, & Wendy C. Wolf. (1981). Response to Bridges and Miller. American Sociological Review. 46(5). 685–685. 5 indexed citations

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