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Stata Journal Volume 11, Number 4 has been mailed

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gformula: Estimating causal effects in the presence of time-varying confounding or mediation using the g-computation formula: R. M. Daniel, B. L. De Stavola, and S. N. Cousens
Bayesian model averaging and weighted-average least squares: Equivariance, stability, and numerical issues: G. De Luca and J. R. Magnus
Treatment interactions with nonexperimental data in Stata: G. K. Brown and T. Mergoupis
mvdcmp: Multivariate decomposition for nonlinear response models: D. A. Powers, H. Yoshioka, and M.-S. Yun
Dynamic simulations of autoregressive relationships: L. K. Williams and G. D. Whitten
Managing the U.S. Census 2000 and World Development Indicators databases for statistical analysis in Stata: P. W. Jeanty
Causal mediation analysis: R. Hicks and D. Tingley
Importing financial data: M. F. Dicle and J. Levendis
Stata tip 103: Expressing confidence with gradations: U. Kohler and S. Eckman
Stata tip 104: Added text and title options: N. J. Cox
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