Evaluation of software for multiple imputation of semi-continuous data

Statistical Methods in Medical Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 243-258

  Yu, Ly Mee ^a   Burton, Andrea ^a,b   Rivero Arias, Oliver ^c  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEURYSM CLIP; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COIL EMBOLIZATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIPLE IMPUTATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GREAT BRITAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 34347370000     PISSN: 09622802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0962280206074464     Document Type: Article

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