The rise of multiple imputation: A review of the reporting and implementation of the method in medical research Data collection, quality, and reporting

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Hayati Rezvan, Panteha ^a   Lee, Katherine J ^b,c   Simpson, Julie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Missing data; Multiple imputation; Reporting; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PUBLICATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BIOMETRY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84927759743     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12874-015-0022-1     Document Type: Article

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