Two-way imputation: A Bayesian method for estimating missing scores in tests and questionnaires, and an accurate approximation

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 4013-4027

  Van Ginkel, Joost R ^a   Andries Van der Ark, L ^a   Sijtsma, Klaas ^a   Vermunt, Jeroen K ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Effect of imputation on psychometrically important statistics; Missing item scores; Multiple imputation of item scores; Two way imputation with data augmentation; Two way imputation with error

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; ERROR ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

IMPUTATION; MISSING ITEM SCORES; MULTIPLE IMPUTATION OF ITEM SCORES; PSYCHOMETRICALLY IMPORTANT STATISTICS; TWO WAY IMPUTATION WITH DATA AUGMENTATION; TWO WAY IMPUTATION WITH ERROR;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS;

EID: 33947633012     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2006.12.022     Document Type: Article

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