Strategy for modelling nonrandom missing data mechanisms in Observational studies using Bayesian methods

Journal of Official Statistics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 279-302

  Mason, Alexina ^a   Richardson, Sylvia ^a   Plewis, Ian ^b   Best, Nicky ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attrition; Cross sectional analysis; Income; Longitudinal analysis; Millennium cohort study; Nonresponse; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863457272     PISSN: 0282423X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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