Multiple imputation: A primer

Statistical Methods in Medical Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-15

  Schafer, Joseph L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; BAYES THEOREM; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DATA ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BAYES THEOREM; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD;

EID: 0032960273     PISSN: 09622802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/096228099671525676     Document Type: Review

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