Outcome-sensitive multiple imputation: a simulation study

Abstract Background Multiple imputation is frequently used to deal with missing data in healthcare research. Although it is known that the outcome should be included in the imputation model when imputing missing covariate values, it is not known whether it should be imputed. Similarly no clear recom...

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Main Authors: Evangelos Kontopantelis, Ian R. White, Matthew Sperrin, Iain Buchan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-01-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12874-016-0281-5