Maximizing the Usefulness of Data Obtained with Planned Missing Value Patterns: An Application of Maximum Likelihood Procedures

Multivariate Behavioral Research
J W GrahamD P MacKinnon

Abstract

Researchers often face a dilemma: Should they collect little data and emphasize quality, or much data at the expense of quality? The utility of the 3-form design coupled with maximum likelihood methods for estimation of missing values was evaluated. In 3-form design surveys, four sets of items. X, A, B, and C are administered: Each third of the subjects receives X and one combination of two other item sets - AB, BC, or AC. Variances and covariances were estimated with pairwise deletion, mean replacement, single imputation, multiple imputation, raw data maximum likelihood, multiple-group covariance structure modeling, and Expectation-Maximization (EM) algorithm estimation. The simulation demonstrated that maximum likelihood estimation and multiple imputation methods produce the most efficient and least biased estimates of variances and covariances for normally distributed and slightly skewed data when data are missing completely at random (MCAR). Pairwise deletion provided equally unbiased estimates but was less efficient than ML procedures. Further simulation results demonstrated that nun-maximum likelihood methods break down when data are not missing completely at random. Application of these methods with empirical drug use da...Continue Reading

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