Auxiliary variables in multiple imputation in regression with missing X: A warning against including too many in small sample research

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Hardt, Jochen ^a   Herke, Max ^a   Leonhart, Rainer ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auxiliary variables; Multiple imputation; Simulation study; Small and medium size samples

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84870333136     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-12-184     Document Type: Article

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