Multiple imputation for continuous and categorical data: Comparing joint multivariate normal and conditional approaches

Political Analysis

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 497-519

  Kropko, Jonathan ^a   Goodrich, Ben ^b   Gelman, Andrew ^b   Hill, Jennifer ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84942135544     PISSN: 10471987     EISSN: 14764989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pan/mpu007     Document Type: Article

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