Analysis of Longitudinal Clinical Trials with Missing Data Using Multiple Imputation in Conjunction with Robust Regression

Biometrics

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1250-1259

  Mehrotra, Devan V ^a   Li, Xiaoming ^b   Liu, Jiajun ^a   Lu, Kaifeng ^c  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b Gilead Sciences   (United States)

^c FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dropouts; Longitudinal data; M estimation; Missing data; Multiple imputation; Non normality; Outliers; Robust methods

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

CLINICAL TRIAL; DROPOUT; LONGITUDINAL DATA; M-ESTIMATION; MISSING DATA; MULTIPLE IMPUTATION; NON-NORMALITY; OUTLIER; ROBUST METHODS; ROBUST REGRESSIONS;

NORMAL DISTRIBUTION;

DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84871651612     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: 15410420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0420.2012.01780.x     Document Type: Article

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