Social Mechanisms, Mediation and Phantom Variables in Evaluation Research: Basic Issues and Meta-Analysis of Intervention Studies
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1 Social Mechanisms, Mediation and Phantom Variables in Evaluation Research: Basic Issues and Meta-Analysis of Intervention Studies Peter Schmidt (University of Giessen and Humboldt Research Fellow of the Polish Foundation of Basic Research)
2 Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Social mechanisms as mediation problem: two opposing views (Hedström vs. Opp) 3. Phantom variables and MIMIC models as quantitative and qualitative solutions for theory testing and evaluation research 4. Quasi-experimental study 1: Giessen Semesterticket study 5. Quasi-experimental study 2 : Generalization to all German students 6. Meta-analysis of intervention studies based on the theory of planned behavior 7. Conclusions 2
3 Theoretical Propositions, Measurement Propositions and Action Hypotheses e4 e5 policy X1 Action hypothesis e1 e2 e3 i1 i2 i3 Mechanism hypothesis i4 Intervening construct i8 X2 Measurement propositions Side Effect X3 Openness to Changes Innovation e6 confounder e7 X4 e11 theoretical proposition i5 i6 i7 Xn e8 e9 e10 3
4 2. What are Social Mechanisms?
5 Social Mechanisms (Hedström 2005, Hedström/Swedberg 1998, Hedström/Ylikoski 2010) Program of analytical sociology Explanation by social mechanisms Micro-Macro explanations/structural Individualism MRT= Middle Range Theories General Action Theory: DBO = Desires, Beliefs and Opportunities determine behavior
6 Social Mechanisms It should substitute the covering-law model of Hempel/Oppenheim Law = deterministic or probabilistic statement of universal conditional form which is capable of being confirmed or disconfirmed by suitable empirical findings (Hempel 1942) It is superior to rational choice models
7 Social Mechanisms Definition (Hedström 2005: 11) A social mechanism is a constellation of entities and activities that is organized in such a way that it regularly brings about a particular type of outcome In one way or another these mechanisms are always about actors and the cause and consequences of their actions, because actors bring about change in society The basic structure of a mechanism explanation is thus a micro macro explanation (exemplified by the well-known Coleman boat) where actors bring about change in society i.e. macro properties (Opp 2013: 331)
8 Social Mechanisms Opp (2013) claims correctly that mechanisms are not a different type of explanation as they are nothing else than the explanation of hypotheses This can be framed in the literature on full and partial mediation (e.g. Muthen et al. 2016) and phantom variables (Rindskopf 1984) in latent variable modeling Opp shows (2013: 342) in addition that the DBO model can be integrated into the wide version of rational choice (RC) Only the terminology is different The wide version of RC can be transformed into the Theory of Planned Behavior (Bamberg/Schmidt 1998, Bamberg/ Davidov/Schmidt 2003)
9 Social Mechanisms Qualitative evaluation studies Quantitative evaluation studies Bringing Lazarsfeld and Adorno et al. back in: No basic differences between quant and qual!! Implicit assumptions (example black box evaluations) Explicit hypotheses Not empirically tested Empirically tested (full versus partial mediation)
10 Social Mechanisms Micro Micro Model (gender behavior relation mediated by TPB) Macro Micro Model (with and without cross-level interaction, Coleman`s Bath tub model) Micro Macro Model (Coleman`s bath tub model) Only observed variables Latent and observed variables Identification given Identification not given
11 Social Mechanisms FORMALIZATION Informal via path diagrams Formal via graph theory: directed acyclical graphs (DAG) with no loops or directed cyclical graph (DCG) with loops based on the work of Judea Pearl DAGitty is a software for drawing and analyzing acyclical graphs (one needs HTML and JAVASCIPT) developed by Johannes Textor Simultanoues equation systems
12 3. Phantom Variables (Constructs) and MIMIC Models A modelling tool for formalizing substantive theories and their underlying mechanisms An estimation tool that allows estimates in a latent variable model given identification is reached
13 A phantom construct is defined by having no direct indicators The information contained in the phantom construct is derived from information from other constructs Examples are: Intervening Constructs in Psychology Second order and higher order factors in Confirmatory Factor Analysis (Brown 2015) MIMIC Model with intervening second order factor as endogenous latent variable (Heyder/Schmidt 2003) Second order latent growth curve models (Davidov et al. 2012)
14 Some frame works, for instance that of Muthén (1984), include an extra for regressions of latent variables on observed covariates: Where is an intercept vector. Muthén specifies the model conditional on the covariates so that distributional assumptions are not required for the covariates 14
15 In the measurement model, the additional term is included by Muthén and Muthén (1998) to represent regressions of observed responses on observed covariates Where is a vector of intercepts (often ) 15
16 A popular structural equation model with observed covariates is the Multiple-Indicator Multiple-Causes (MIMIC) model, a one-factor model where the factor is measured by multiple indicators and regressed on several observed covariates or causes (e.g. Zellner 1970, Hauser/Goldberger 1971, Goldberger 1972). Here the structural model is simply: 16
17 Multiple Indicator Multiple Causes (MIMIC) Model A path diagram of a MIMIC model with three indicators and three covariates: 17
18 Use of Experiments and Quasi-experiments in the Social Sciences (Aussems et al. 2011) Aussems et al. (2011) analyzed 18 social science journals with varied impact factors Quasi-experimental designs are not very often used in those journals They are not very well designed and analyzed Selection Bias has been ignored by the applied researchers 18
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20 Designs and Empirical Evidence Revival of Field Experimentation Evidence-Based Practice: Development and Adoption of Interventions with demonstrated empirical effectiveness Cochrane Collaboration (since 1993) Campbell Collaboration Role of systematic reviews and meta-analysis (Glass 1976, Rosenthal 1978, Lipsey/Wilson 2001, Borenstein et al. 2009, Cheung 2016)
21 4. Quasi-experimental Study 1 Giessen Semesterticket Study (Bamberg/Schmidt 2001)
22 Study Design and Research: a Quasiexperimental Study In the context of a 2-wave panel study, we used Ajzen s (1991) theory of planned behavior (TPB) as the theoretical framework for deriving and systematically testing hypotheses as to how an intervention (a free ticket for public transportation) influences the travel mode choice of students The empirical results show that this intervention caused a drastic decrease in students car use. The effect of the intervention on behavior is mediated by the causal chain postulated by the TPB In the second step, we analyzed whether there were subgroup-specific reactions to the intervention. Surprisingly, the subgroup analysis shows that students with more negative attitudes toward policy measures restricting car use reacted more strongly to the intervention than did students with a more positive attitude 22
23 The Introduced Intervention The intervention Semesterticket consists of an innovative concept for financing the collective good public transportation. It is based on the solidarity principle that all students must pay a contribution so that the individual burden is small In exchange, the possession of a valid student identification card entitles all students to use public transportation free of charge. In Giessen, the semester ticket entitles the students to use all means of public transportation (buses and trains) within a radius of approximately 50 km and it costs students an additional 38 DM (approximately $22) to their normal university fees for one semester This represents a drastic price reduction because the normal bus user must pay the same amount of money for the ordinary monthly ticket valid for the community buses in Giessen alone. Furthermore, the semester ticket facilitates the use of public transportation because it is no longer necessary to purchase a bus ticket 23
24 The Introduced Intervention Taken together, we hoped that the drastic price reduction and the simplification of public transportation use would create such a drastic situational change that habitual nonusers of public transportation would be motivated to reevaluate their behavioral choice The semester ticket was introduced in May Prior to that, the student representatives had organized a vote in which the students themselves decided whether or not the semester ticket should be introduced. Among the participating students, 65% voted in favor of the semester ticket plan 24
25 Giessen Semesterticket Study Black Box Intervention: Semester ticket has a significant positive effect on use of public transportation or Theory Driven Intervention: Explanation of the effects of the semester ticket on behavior via social mechanisms using the theory of planned behavior 25
26 Action Intervention Hypotheses Action (Intervention) Hypothesis 1: The introduction of the semester ticket will increase the subjective probability with which students associate the behavioral belief cheap with the use of public transportation for university routes. We assume that the drastic price reduction caused by the semester ticket will motivate former non-bus-users to test public transportation Through this test they acquire information about the bus system (e.g., timetable, bus routes, bus stops), which facilitates the use of public transportation. Thus, the second action hypothesis postulates the following: Action (Intervention) Hypothesis 2: The introduction of the semester ticket will increase the subjective probability with which students think that they possess knowledge about timetables or existing bus connections (control beliefs), which are necessary prerequisites for the use of public transportation for university routes 26
27 Action Intervention Hypotheses Action (Intervention) Hypothesis 3: Because of the intensive public discussion and the subsequent vote about the introduction of the semester ticket, the perceived social expectations of significant others to use public transportation for university routes will increase following the introduction of the semester ticket Action (Intervention) Hypothesis 4. The changes in the probabilities of these behavioral, normative, and control beliefs caused by the introduction of the semester ticket in their turn change the attitude, subjective norm, and PBC toward using public transportation for university routes in the same direction. Changes in attitude, subjective norm, and PBC should cause an increase in the actual use of public transportation for university routes via intention 27
28 Participants The study was conducted as a longitudinal panel study. The data collection of the first panel wave took place during the second week of February 1994, before the introduction of the semester ticket intervention Over a period of 8 working days, a questionnaire was distributed to 3,491 randomly selected students. Of these 3,491 questionnaires, 1,874 (53.7%) were completed and returned. Participants in the first panel wave were 41.1% male and ranged in age from 20 to 37 years, with a mean age of 24.4 years As 19,902 students (without the first semesters) were enrolled in the summer semester 1994, this corresponds to 9.4% of all registered university students. The second panel wave was conducted in the first week of February 1995, 10 months after the introduction of the semester ticket Because of residential mobility and a change in the student registration system, only 1,316 students received the questionnaire a second time. The response rate in the second wave was 78.8%, resulting in a sample of 1,036 students 28
29 Table 1: Stability and Change of Travel-Mode Decisions Between 1994 and
30 Table 2: Mean and Standard Deviations of TPB Variables for Bus Use Before (1994) and After Introduction of Semesterticket (1995) 30
31 5. Quasi-experimental Study 2 Generalization of the Semesterticket Effects to all German Universities
32 Semesterticket: Diffusion of an Innovation The first semester ticket was introduced at the Darmstadt University of Applied Science in 1991 Then followed the universities of Kaiserslautern and Giessen Target group were all German students 2010 approx. 1.6 million students have a semester ticket Wintersemester 2016/2017 studied 2.86 million students, number of universities offering it is still not known 32
33 Diffusion Process Semesterticket: Year and Number of Universities from 1991 till 2000 Nr. Year Universities Net sample Response Rate % All % Universities % % German Student Survey (Sozialerhebung) 33
34 Development of Travel Mode Choice in West- German Universities Walking Bicycle MIV ÖV 34
35 Development of Travel Mode Choice in East- German Universities Walking Bicycle MIV ÖV 35
36 Change of Model Split between 1991 and 2000 for Universities which introduced the component Semesterticket NMIV MIV ÖV 36
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39 Limitations of the Study This reasoning directly leads to one weakness of the present study. It allows only an indirect analysis of the impact of a residential relocation. Comparing the intervention effects in a sample of people moving to Stuttgart with a sample of people already living in Stuttgart would allow a more direct test of the sensitive phase hypothesis A lack of later follow-up measurements of participants travel behaviors is another weakness. I am a little skeptical about how sustainable the drastic behavioral change was and expect that a later measurement would have shown a reincrease in car use. But as is often the case in evaluation research, time and money constraints have impaired the use of a more adequate research design 39
40 6. A Meta-analysis of Intervention Studies using the TOPB (Steinmetz et al. 2016)
41 Three-Level Meta-analysis of Interventions (Steinmetz et al. 2016) Three objectives, firstly: We report the results of a comprehensive meta-analysis incorporating studies that conducted TPB-based interventions in various behavioral domains (alcohol reduction, hygiene, nutrition, physical activity, sexual behavior, traffic behavior, and work or school behavior) By incorporating studies from a wide variety of behavioral domains, we transcend the characteristics of specific areas of application and increase the knowledge about the generalizability and effectiveness of TPB-based interventions In addition, our meta-analysis contributes to the recent controversy regarding the usefulness of the TPB for designing and implementing behavior change interventions (Ajzen 2015, Sniehotta/Presseau/Araujo- Soares 2014) 41
42 Meta-analysis of Interventions (Steinmetz et al. 2016) Secondly: Studies use a large array of behavior change methods (e.g. goal setting, persuasion, motivation) and rely on auxiliary assumptions or hypotheses not contained in the TPB, provide evidence regarding the relative effectiveness of these methods 42
43 Meta-analysis of Interventions (Steinmetz et al. 2016) Thirdly: We analyze the effects of additional potential moderators of intervention effectiveness to increase the knowledge of context that may be taken into account(level 3) We analyze the role of mode of delivery (group-oriented vs. individual interventions), education, gender, and age as well as study design characteristics (e.g., experimental vs. quasi-experimental designs) and publication status (published vs. unpublished studies) By integration all available studies, we are able to investigate the systematic effects of these moderators instead of having to rely on comparisons of prior meta-analyses from different behavioral domains Level 1 : individual effect sizes Level 2 : multiple effect sizes with a study Level 3 : context variations between studies Figure 1 provides an overview of the investigated constructs 43
44 Figure 1: Conceptual Model Action hypotheses AH 1 - AH 13
45 Table 2: Frequency of Applied Behavior Change Methods
46 Table 3: Results of Three-level Meta-analyses: Main Effects of TPB Interventions
47 Table 4: Effects of the Behavior Change Methods on TPB Variables
48 Table 5:
49 Table 6:
50 Conclusions What do we need: Integrated research strategy with laboratory experiments, surveys, panel studies and longitudinal theory driven intervention studies Systematic development of action theories and their connection with substantive theories using both qualitative and quantitative studies Systematic integration of knowledge by performing metaanalyses of surveys, lab experiments, intervention studies, process tracing using Bayesian statistics in the future That is to fill out the idea of social mechanisms instead of using it as vague term
51 Conclusions Use of Latent Variable Models for all types of designs To allow for random and nonrandom measurement error Adequate modelling of the substantive theories Take into account mediation, moderation and calculation of direct, indirect and total effects Using multilevel and mixture models to take into account different levels of data and heterogeneity If necessary taking into account ordinality of measurement
52 Thank you for your attention! 52
53 References Aussems, M.C. E., Boomsma, A. and Snijders, T. A. B. (2009), The use of quasiexperiments in the social sciences: a content analysis, Quality and Quantity, Vol. 45, p Bamberg, S. and Schmidt, P. (1998), Changing Travel-Model Choice as Rational Choice: Results from a longitudinal intervention study, Rationality and Society, Vol. 10, p Bamberg, S. and Schmidt, P. (2001), Theory-Driven Subgroup-Specific Evaluation of an Intervention to Reduce Private Car Use, Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Vol. 31/6, p Bamberg S., Hunecke, M. and Blöbaum, A. (2007), Social context, personal norms and the use of public transportation: Two field studies, Journal of Environmental Psychology, Vol. 27/3, p Bamberg, S. and Möser, G. (2006), Twenty years after Hines, Hungerford, and Tomera: A new meta-analysis of psycho-social determinants of pro-environmental behavior, Journal of Environmental Psychology, Vol. 27/1, p
54 References Frese, M., Bausch, A., Schmidt, P., Rauch, A. and Kabst, R. (2011), Evidence-based Entrepreneurship (EBE): A systematic approach to cumulative science. Ohly, S. and Fritz, C. (2010), Work characteristics, challenge appraisal, creativity, and proactive behavior: A multi-level study, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Vol. 31, p Paluck, E. L. and Green, D. P. (2009), Prejudice Reduction: WhatWorks? A Review and Assessment of Research and Practice, Annual Review of Psychology, Vol. 60, p Rokeach, M. (1971) Long-range experimental modification of values, attitudes, and behavior, American Psychologist, Vol. 26/5, p Schlueter, E. and Schmidt, P. (2010), Special issue: Survey experiments, Methodology, European Journal of Research Methods for the Behavioral and Social Sciences, Vol. 6/3, p
55 References Schmidt, P., Herrmann, J. and Kelle, U. (2011), Special issue: Mixed Methods, Quality and Quantity, Vol. 45, p Shadish, W. R. and Cook, T. D. (2009), The Renaissance of Field Experimentation in Evaluating Interventions, Annual Review of Psychology, Vol. 60, p Steinmetz, H., Knappstein, M., Ajzen, I., Schmidt, P. and Kabst, R. (2016), How Effective are Behavior Change Interventions Based on the Theory of Planned Behavior?, Journal of Psychology, Vol. 224/3, p Rindskopf, D. (1984), Using phantom and imaginary latent variables to parameterize constraints in linear structural models, Psychometrika, Vol. 49, p Little, T. D. (2013), Longitudinal structural equation modeling (New York: Guilford Press), p Macho, S. and Ledermann, T. (2011), Estimating, Testing and Comparing Specific Effects in Structural Equation Models: The Phantom Model Approach, Psychological Methods, Vol. 16, p
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