Multiple Imputation for Combined-survey Estimation With Incomplete Regressors in One but Not Both Surveys

Sociological Methods and Research

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 483-530

  Rendall, Michael S ^a,b   Ghosh Dastidar, Bonnie ^b   Weden, Margaret M ^b   Baker, Elizabeth H ^b,c   Nazarov, Zafar ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

Author keywords

child obesity; combining data; model fit statistics; multiple imputation; panel surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885704211     PISSN: 00491241     EISSN: 15528294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0049124113502947     Document Type: Article

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