Direct likelihood analysis versus simple forms of imputation for missing data in randomized clinical trials

Clinical Trials

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 379-386

  Beunckens, Caroline ^a   Molenberghs, Geert ^a   Kenward, Michael G ^b  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA ANALYSIS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PATIENT DROPOUTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; STATISTICS;

EID: 27744601796     PISSN: 17407745     EISSN: 17407753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1740774505cn119oa     Document Type: Article

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