Handbook of statistical data editing and imputation /

• Main Author: Waal, Ton de
• Other Authors: Pannekoek, Jeroen, 1951-, Scholtus, Sander, 1983-
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, [2011]
• Series: Wiley handbooks in survey methodology.
• Subjects: Statistics > Standards.; Data editing.; Data integrity.; Quality control.; Statistical services > Evaluation.; Mathematics.; SCIENCE > Research & Methodology.; Electronic books.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the edit and imputation process for detecting and correcting errors in survey research. The authors begin with an introduction to the problem of errors and missing values in survey data and then go on to explore the methods for correcting systematic err...

Table of Contents:

• Frontmatter
• Introduction to statistical data editing and imputation
• Methods for deductive correction
• Automatic editing of continuous data
• Automatic editing: extensions to categorical data
• Automatic editing: extensions to integer data
• Selective editing
• Imputation
• Multivariate imputation
• Imputation under edit constraints
• Adjustment of imputed data
• Practical applications
• Index.