Graphical sensitivity analysis with different methods of imputation for a trial with probable non-ignorable missing data

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Statistics

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 397-413

  Weatherall, M ^a   Pickering, R M ^b   Harris, Scott ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Imputation; Missing data; Randomized controlled trial; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450255001     PISSN: 13691473     EISSN: 1467842X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2009.00553.x     Document Type: Article

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