Multiple imputation by chained equations (MICE): Implementation in Stata

Journal of Statistical Software

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1-20

  Royston, Patrick ^a,b   White, Ian R ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Categorical variables; Chained equations; Continuous variables; Missing data; Multiple imputation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856270792     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15487660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18637/jss.v045.i04     Document Type: Article

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