Multiple imputation techniques in small sample clinical trials

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 233-245

  Barnes, Sunni A ^a   Lindborg, Stacy R ^b   Seaman Jr , John W ^c  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^c BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian least squares; LOCF; MAR; Missing data; Multiple imputation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDITY;

BAYES THEOREM; CLINICAL TRIALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DRUG EVALUATION; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 31344481723     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.2231     Document Type: Article

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