An alternative parametric approach for discrete missing data problems

Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1969-1988

  Lyles, Robert H ^a   Taylor, Douglas J ^b,c   Hanfelt, John J ^a   Kupper, Lawrence L ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Complete data; Estimation; Likelihood; Multiple imputation; Observed data

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035474842     PISSN: 03610926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/STA-100106057     Document Type: Article

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