Last-observation-carried-forward (LOCF) and tests for difference in mean rates of change in controlled repeated measurements designs with dropouts

Social Science Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 492-503

  Overall, John E ^a   Tonidandel, Scott ^b   Starbuck, Robert R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b DAVIDSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Dropouts; Endpoint analysis; GLMM; Last observation carried forward; LOCF; Missing data; Mixed models; Power; Repeated measures; Type 1 error

Indexed keywords

EID: 63649085092     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2009.01.004     Document Type: Article

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