Multiple Imputation by Ordered Monotone Blocks With Application to the Anthrax Vaccine Research Program

Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 877-892

  Li, Fan ^a   Baccini, Michela ^b   Mealli, Fabrizia ^b   Zell, Elizabeth R ^c   Frangakis, Constantine E ^d   Rubin, Donald B ^e  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Conditional distribution; Incompatibility; Missing data; PIGS

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907225353     PISSN: 10618600     EISSN: 15372715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10618600.2013.826583     Document Type: Article

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