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Missing data

In statistics, missing data, or missing values, occur when no data value is stored for the variable in an observation. Missing data are a common occurrence and can have a significant effect on the conclusions that can be drawn from the data.

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related to Further reading · 65
Missing data → Acock AC, Anastasios, Application, Applied Missing Data Analysis, Bibcode, Broeck, Carlos, Chapman, Craig, Cunningham SA, Cybernetics, Data, Donald, Eeckels, Family, Fitzmaurice, Garrett, Geert, Guilford PressGraham, HallLittle
related to background · 11
Missing data → Department, Hygiene, London School, Long Term, Lower Shire, Malawi, Medical Statistics, Missing, R-miss-tastic, Trend Analysis, Tropical MedicineSpatial
related to Imputation · 10
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related to Techniques of dealing with missing data · 9
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related to Types · 9
Missing data → Because, But, For, Graphical, If, IQ, MAR, Understanding, What
see also · 8
Missing data → Censoring, Concept, Condition, Filling, Iterative, Numeric, Process, Statistical
related to Structured missingness · 7
Missing data → An, For, In, MAR, Missing, Structured, Such
related to Model-based techniques · 6
Missing data → For, MAR, MAR/MCAR, MCAR, MNAR, Model
related to Planned missingness · 2
Missing data → Missing, Specifically

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listwise deletion have been used to impute data but it has been found to introduce additional biasinstance ofMethods0.80text
Expectation Maximization that are susceptible to local optima.A special class of problems appears when the probability of the missingness depends on timeinstance ofthe estimands that emerge from these techniques are derived in closed form and do not require iterative procedures0.80text
Missing datarelated to backgroundDepartment0.60section
Missing datarelated to backgroundMedical Statistics0.60section
Missing datarelated to backgroundLondon School0.60section
Missing datarelated to backgroundHygiene0.60section
Missing datarelated to backgroundTropical MedicineSpatial0.60section
Missing datarelated to backgroundTrend Analysis0.60section
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