Multiple Imputation for Incomplete Data with Semicontinuous Variables

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 98, Issue 463, 2003, Pages 703-715

  Javaras, Kristin N ^a   Van Dyk, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Ringgold Standard Institution Informatics   (United States)

Author keywords

Data augmentation; EM algorithm; General location model; Missing data; Survey data

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242679444     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/016214503000000611     Document Type: Article

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