Analysis of partially observed clustered data using generalized estimating equations and multiple imputation

Stata Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 863-883

  Aloisio, Kathryn M ^a   Swanson, Sonja A ^b   Micali, Nadia ^c   Field, Alison ^b   Horton, Nicholas J ^d  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

ALSPAC study; Eating disorders; Generalized estimating equations; Missing at random; Missing completely at random; Missing data; Multiple imputation; Multiple informants; st0363; Weighted estimating equations

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001055652     PISSN: 1536867X     EISSN: 15368734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1536867x1401400410     Document Type: Article

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