Imputation strategies for missing continuous outcomes in cluster randomized trials

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 329-345

  Taljaard, Monica ^a   Donner, Allan ^b   Klar, Neil ^b  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adjusted two sample t test; Attrition; Community intervention trial; Intracluster correlation; Mean imputation; Multiple imputation

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTED TWO-SAMPLE T-TEST; ATTRITION; CLUSTER RANDOMIZED TRIALS; COMMUNITY INTERVENTION TRIAL; IMPUTATION STRATEGY; INTRACLUSTER CORRELATIONS; MEAN IMPUTATION; MULTIPLE IMPUTATION; TWO SAMPLE T TESTS; WITHIN CLUSTERS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS;

BODY WEIGHT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OBESITY; PATIENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BODY WEIGHT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT STUDIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OBESITY; PATIENT DROPOUTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 49849097915     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: 15214036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.200710423     Document Type: Review

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