Multiple imputation of multiple multi-item scales when a full imputation model is infeasible Medical Research Methodology

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Plumpton, Catrin O ^a   Morris, Tim ^b,c   Hughes, Dyfrig A ^a   White, Ian R ^d  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Missing data; Multi item scale; Multiple imputation; Survey data

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84956594360     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13104-016-1853-5     Document Type: Article

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