The use and reporting of multiple imputation in medical research - a review

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 268, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 586-593

  Mackinnon, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biostatistics; Missing data handling; Multiple imputation; Randomized controlled trials; Reporting standards

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DATA ANALYSIS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MISSING DATA HANDLING; MULTIPLE IMPUTATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 78649486195     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: 13652796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2010.02274.x     Document Type: Article

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