Some applications of the analysis of multivariate normal data with missing observations

Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics
W L May, W D Johnson

Abstract

Methods are proposed for the analysis of data from a multivariate normal distribution when observations are missing completely at random on some of the variates. Park (1) proved the equivalence of the solutions given by maximum likelihood and generalized estimating equations when data are complete and an unstructured covariance is assumed. He suggested that generalized estimating equations may be used if sample sizes are large relative to the amount of missing data and the estimated covariance matrix is positive definite. We give several examples indicating that the estimating equations give results similar to those of maximum likelihood when smoothing of the covariance matrix to eliminate nonpositive definiteness is not encountered as, for example, under an assumption of exchangeable correlation. Generalized linear models are formulated that are appropriate for a wide class of experimental plans.

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Mar 11, 2015·Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences·María Pilar Sánchez-LópezIsabel Cuéllar-Flores

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