Multiple imputation methods for recurrent event data with missing event category

Canadian Journal of Statistics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 677-692

  Schaubel, Douglas E ^a   Cai, Jianwen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Improper imputation; Missing data; Multivariate failure time data; Proportional rates model; Semiparametric model

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847735408     PISSN: 03195724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjs.5550340408     Document Type: Article

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