Multiple imputation: Review of theory, implementation and software

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 3057-3077

  Harel, Ofer ^a   Zhou, Xiao Hua ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic tests; Multiple imputation; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFERENTIAL STATISTICS; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE IMPUTATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250686456     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.2787     Document Type: Review

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