Incomplete data in clinical studies: Analysis, sensitivity, and sensitivity analysis

Drug Information Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 409-429

  Molenberghs, Geert ^a  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Linear mixed model; Missing at random; Missing completely at random; Non future dependence; Pattern mixture model; Selection model; Shared parameter model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; MEDICAL RECORD; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 68549122745     PISSN: 00928615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/009286150904300404     Document Type: Article

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