Sensitivity analysis after multiple imputation under missing at random: A weighting approach

Statistical Methods in Medical Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 259-275

  Carpenter, James R ^a   Kenward, Michael G ^a   White, Ian R ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC BIOSTATISTICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MULTIPLE IMPUTATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PEER REVIEW; PROBABILITY; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; GREAT BRITAIN; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34347398256     PISSN: 09622802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0962280206075303     Document Type: Article

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