Semiparametric Theory and Missing Data

• Main Author: Tsiatis, Anastasios A. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2006.
• Series: Springer Series in Statistics,
• Subjects: Statistics.; Statistical Theory and Methods.

Missing data arise in almost all scientific disciplines. In many cases, the treatment of missing data in an analysis is carried out in a casual and ad-hoc manner, leading, in many cases, to invalid inference and erroneous conclusions. In the past 20 years or so, there has been a serious attempt to u...