Diagnosing problems with imputation models using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test: A simulation study

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Nguyen, Cattram D ^a,b   Carlin, John B ^a,b,c   Lee, Katherine J ^a,b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diagnostics; Kolmogorov Smirnov test; Missing data; Model checking; Multiple imputation; Simulations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AUSTRALIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PARENTING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84887661092     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-13-144     Document Type: Article

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