Analyzing incomplete discrete longitudinal clinical trial data

Statistical Science

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 52-69

  Jansen, Ivy ^a   Beunckens, Caroline ^a   Molenberghs, Geert ^a   Verbeke, Geert ^b   Mallinckrodt, Craig ^c  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complete case analysis; Generalized estimating equations; Generalized linear mixed models; Ignorability; Last observation carried forward; Missing at random; Missing completely at random; Missing not at random; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745819063     PISSN: 08834237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/088342305000000322     Document Type: Review

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