Multiple imputation: a mature approach to dealing with missing data

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 348-350

  Chevret, S ^a   Seaman, S ^b   Resche Rigon, M ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANALYTICAL ERROR; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; EDITORIAL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MULTIPLE IMPUTATION METHOD; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNCERTAINTY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL BIAS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84922269094     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-014-3624-x     Document Type: Editorial

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