A bootstrap method to test if study dropouts are missing randomly

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-16

  Schmitz, Norbert ^a   Franz, Matthias ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bootstrap; Dropouts; Longitudinal data; Mental disorders; Repeated measures; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036108224     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014357821705     Document Type: Article

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