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1 Working with missing Data

2 Missing data General 3 steps for analyzing missing data:
Identify patterns/reasons for missing data. Understand the distributions of missing data. Decide on the best method for analysis.

3 Identify patterns/reasons for missing data
Understand your data Are certain groups more likely to have missing values? Are certain responses more likely to be missing?

4 Method for analysis Deletion methods - List deletion
Single Imputation Methods - Mean/mode substitution, dummy variable method, single regression Model based methods - Maximum Likelihood, Multiple imputation, others

5 Multiple imputation Impute:
- Data is “filled in” with imputed values using specified regression model - This step is repeated “m” times, resulting in a separate dataset each time. Analyze: - Analyses performed within each dataset Pooled: - The results pooled into one estimate

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8 Multiple imputation example
Plot Rep Treatment Response 1 45 2 3 NA 22 4 18 5 6 34 7 40 8 14 9 10 11 16 12 20

9 R Studio package (Amelia)


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