Latent class regression: Inference and estimation with two-stage multiple imputation

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 541-553

  Harel, Ofer ^a   Chung, Hwan ^b   Miglioretti, Diana ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Latent class regression; Missing data; Missing information; Multiple imputation

Indexed keywords

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION;

BREAST CANCER; DATA ASSUMPTION; LATENT CLASS; LATENT CLASS REGRESSION; MA XIMUM LIKELIHOODS; MAXIMUM-LIKELIHOOD; MISSING DATA; MISSING INFORMATION; MULTIPLE IMPUTATION;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; LATENT CLASS REGRESSION; METHODOLOGY; MISSING DATA; MISSING INFORMATION; MULTIPLE IMPUTATION; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UNCERTAINTY;

LATENT CLASS REGRESSION; MISSING DATA; MISSING INFORMATION; MULTIPLE IMPUTATION;

ALGORITHMS; BIOMETRY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; NEOPLASM GRADING; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84879997250     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: 15214036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.201200020     Document Type: Article

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