Estimation of regression quantiles in complex surveys with data missing at random: An application to birthweight determinants

Statistical Methods in Medical Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1393-1421

  Geraci, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

chained equations; Khmaladze tests; multiple imputation; paediatrics; weights

Indexed keywords

BIRTH WEIGHT; BOOTSTRAPPING; CHILD; HUMAN; PEDIATRICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; ADULT; FEMALE; MALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84983802980     PISSN: 09622802     EISSN: 14770334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0962280213484401     Document Type: Conference Paper

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