Missing data and the trouble with LOCF

Evidence-Based Mental Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-5

  Streiner, David L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES;

EID: 38749083847     PISSN: 13620347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ebmh.11.1.3-a     Document Type: Short Survey

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