Analyzing data sets with missing data: An empirical evaluation of imputation methods and likelihood-based methods

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 999-1013

  Myrtveit, Ingunn ^b   Stensrud, Erik ^a,b   Olsson, Ulf H ^b  

^a IEEE   (Norway)

^b BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cost estimation; ERP; Full information maximum likelihood; Imputation methods; Listwise deletion; Log log regression; Mean imputation; Missing data; Similar response pattern imputation; Software effort prediction

Indexed keywords

COST ESTIMATION; IMPUTATION METHOD; LISTWISE DELETION; LOG-LOG REGRESSION; MEAN IMPUTATION; MISSING DATA; SIMILAR RESPONSE PATTERN IMPUTATION; SOFTWARE EFFORT PREDICTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0035506257     PISSN: 00985589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/32.965340     Document Type: Article

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