Flexible Imputation of Missing Data - Couverture rigide

Van Buuren, Stef

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1138588318 ISBN 13 : 9781138588318

Editeur : CRC Press, 2018

Synopsis

Missing data pose challenges to real-life data analysis. Simple ad-hoc fixes, like deletion or mean imputation, only work under highly restrictive conditions, which are often not met in practice. Multiple imputation replaces each missing value by multiple plausible values. The variability between these replacements reflects our ignorance of the true (but missing) value. Each of the completed data set is then analyzed by standard methods, and the results are pooled to obtain unbiased estimates with correct confidence intervals. Multiple imputation is a general approach that also inspires novel solutions to old problems by reformulating the task at hand as a missing-data problem.

This is the second edition of a popular book on multiple imputation, focused on explaining the application of methods through detailed worked examples using the MICE package as developed by the author. This new edition incorporates the recent developments in this fast-moving field.

This class-tested book avoids mathematical and technical details as much as possible: formulas are accompanied by verbal statements that explain the formula in accessible terms. The book sharpens the reader's intuition on how to think about missing data, and provides all the tools needed to execute a well-grounded quantitative analysis in the presence of missing data.

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À propos de l?auteur

Stef van Buuren is a statistical consultant at the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research TNO in Leiden with a broad knowledge of quantitative issues in public health. Since 2015, Van Buuren holds is the world's first Professor of Missing Data at the department of Methodology & Statistics, FSS, University of Utrecht. He is the originator of various new statistical tools.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CRC Press
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1138588318
• ISBN 13: 9781138588318
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 444
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible