Is there a role for expectation maximization imputation in addressing missing data in research using WOMAC questionnaire? Comparison to the Standard mean approach and a tutorial

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Ghomrawi, Hassan M K ^a,b   Mandl, Lisa A ^b   Rutledge, John ^c   Alexiades, Michael M ^b   Mazumdar, Madhu ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^c Valley Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPECTATION MAXIMIZATION IMPUTATION METHOD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOME; PROBABILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; SIMULATION; WESTERN ONTARIO AND MCMASTER UNIVERSITIES OSTEOARTHRITIS INDEX; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HIP; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEW YORK CITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; SAMPLE SIZE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956222863     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-12-109     Document Type: Article

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