Multiple imputation by chained equations for systematically and sporadically missing multilevel data

Statistical Methods in Medical Research

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 1634-1649

  Resche Rigon, Matthieu ^a,b,c   White, Ian R ^d  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

chained equations; fully conditional specification; individual patient data meta analysis; Missing data; multilevel model; multiple imputation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PATIENT CODING; SIMULATION; ALGORITHM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; STATISTICAL BIAS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; BIAS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 85046752210     PISSN: 09622802     EISSN: 14770334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0962280216666564     Document Type: Article

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