1st Edition

Analysis of Incomplete Multivariate Data

By J.L. Schafer Copyright 1997
444 Pages
by Chapman & Hall

444 Pages
by Chapman & Hall

The last two decades have seen enormous developments in statistical methods for incomplete data. The EM algorithm and its extensions, multiple imputation, and Markov Chain Monte Carlo provide a set of flexible and reliable tools from inference in large classes of missing-data problems. Yet, in practical terms, those developments have had surprisingly little impact on the way most data analysts... Read more

Introduction Assumptions EM and Inference by Data Augmentation Methods for Normal Data More on the Normal Model Methods for Categorical Data Loglinear Models Methods for Mixed Data Further Topics Appendices References Index

Biography

J.L. Schafer