Multiply imputed synthetic data: Evaluation of hierarchical bayesian imputation models

Journal of Official Statistics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 245-268

  Graham, Patrick ^a   Young, Jim ^b   Penny, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Vital Statistics Limited   (New Zealand)

^c Statistics New Zealand   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Confidentiality; Hierarchical Bayesian modeling; Multiple imputation; Synthetic data

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950747705     PISSN: 0282423X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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