Little's test of missing completely at random

被引:411
作者
Li, Cheng [1 ]
机构
[1] Northwestern Univ, Evanston, IL 60208 USA
关键词
st0318; mcartest; CDM; MAR; MCAR; MNAR; chi-squared; missing data; missing-value patterns; multivariate; power;
D O I
10.1177/1536867X1301300407
中图分类号
O1 [数学]; C [社会科学总论];
学科分类号
03 ; 0303 ; 0701 ; 070101 ;
摘要
In missing-data analysis, Little's test (1988, Journal of the American Statistical Association 83: 1198-1202) is useful for testing the assumption of missing completely at random for multivariate, partially observed quantitative data. I introduce the mcartest command, which implements Little's missing completely at random test and its extension for testing the covariate-dependent missingness. The command also includes an option to perform the likelihood-ratio test with adjustment for unequal variances. I illustrate the use of mcartest through an example and evaluate the finite-sample performance of these tests in simulation studies.
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页码:795 / 809
页数:15
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