Addressing missing data mechanism uncertainty using multiple-model multiple imputation: Application to a longitudinal clinical trial

Annals of Applied Statistics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1814-1837

  Siddique, Juned ^a   Harel, Ofer ^b   Crespi, Catherine M ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Missing not at random; MNAR; NMAR; Nonignorable; Not missing at random

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878998135     PISSN: 19326157     EISSN: 19417330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/12-AOAS555     Document Type: Article

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