Comparison of imputation variance estimators

Statistical Methods in Medical Research

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 2541-2557

  Hughes, Rachael A ^a   Sterne, J A C ^a   Tilling, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bootstrap confidence intervals; imputation inference; missing data; multiple imputation; variance estimator

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAPPING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; SAMPLE SIZE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SAMPLE SIZE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84995785045     PISSN: 09622802     EISSN: 14770334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0962280214526216     Document Type: Article

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