Routine multiple imputation in statistical databases
conference paper
This paper deals with problems concerning missing data in statistical databases. Multiple imputation is a statistically sound technique for handling incomplete data. Two problems should be addressed before the routine application of the technique becomes feasible. First, if imputations are to be appropriate for more than one statistical analysis, they should be generated independently of any scientific models that are to be applied to the data at a later stage. This is done by finding imputations that will extrapolate the structure of the data, as well as the uncertainty about this structure. A second problem is to use complete-data methods in an efficient way. The HERMES workstation encapsulates existing statistical packages in a client-server model. It forms a natural and convenient environment for implementing multiple imputation.
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TNO Identifier
232725
Publisher
IEEE
Source title
Proceedings of the 7th International Working Conference on Scientific and Statistical Database Management, 28 September 1994 through 30 September 1994, Charlottesville, VA, USA, Conference code: 21524
Place of publication
Los Alamitos, CA, United States
Pages
74-78
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