Imputation of missing values in the case of a multiple item instrument measuring alcohol consumption
Détails
ID Serval
serval:BIB_292F9FCDB484
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
Imputation of missing values in the case of a multiple item instrument measuring alcohol consumption
Périodique
Statistics in Medicine
ISSN
0277-6715 (Print)
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
08/2001
Volume
20
Numéro
15
Pages
2369-81
Notes
Comparative Study
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't --- Old month value: Aug 15
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't --- Old month value: Aug 15
Résumé
Missing values in survey instruments are a common problem for survey researchers. It is aggravated in the case of instruments used to measure alcohol consumption: they usually consist of item batteries from which summary measures, such as grams of pure alcohol per day, are constructed, and a missing value (for example, quantity or frequency) in regard to a single item for only one of several beverages results in a missing summary measure across all of the beverages, though the values for the remaining items are known. The present paper examines different approaches to imputation of missing values, feasible with standard statistical software packages. Hot-deck imputation is shown to have certain advantages, but even single-value imputation (for example, median imputation) results in values that are comparable to those of the other three imputation methods.
Mots-clé
Adult
Aged
Alcohol Drinking/*epidemiology
Algorithms
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
*Questionnaires
Regression Analysis
Statistics/*methods
Switzerland/epidemiology
Pubmed
Web of science
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25/01/2008 18:16
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20/08/2019 14:08