A closer examination of three small-sample approximations to the multiple-imputation degrees of freedom

Stata Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 403-419

  Wagstaff, David A ^a   Harel, Ofer ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Missing data; Multiple imputation; Small sample degrees of freedom; st0235

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053977924     PISSN: 1536867X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1536867x1101100305     Document Type: Article

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