Multiple imputation for missing data: Fully conditional specification versus multivariate normal imputation

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 171, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 624-632

  Lee, Katherine J ^a,b   Carlin, John B ^a,b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Data interpretation; Epidemiologic methods; Imputation; Incomplete data; Missing data; Simulations; Statistical

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA INTERPRETATION; DATA SET; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SKEWNESS; SOFTWARE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FITNESS; HEALTH STATUS; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77249147857     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwp425     Document Type: Article

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