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Multiple imputation by chained equations in praxis: Guidelines and review

@article{Wulff2017MultipleIB,
  title={Multiple imputation by chained equations in praxis: Guidelines and review},
  author={Jesper Wulff and Linda Ejlskov Jeppesen},
  journal={The Electronic Journal of Business Research Methods},
  year={2017},
  volume={15},
  pages={41-56}
}
  • J. Wulff, L. Jeppesen
  • Published 2017
  • Computer Science
  • The Electronic Journal of Business Research Methods
Multiple imputation by chained equations (MICE) is an effective tool to handle missing data an almost unavoidable problem in quantitative data analysis. However, despite the empirical and theoretical evidence supporting the use of MICE, researchers in the social sciences often resort to inferior approaches unnecessarily risking erroneous results. The complexity of the decision process when encountering missing data may be what is discouraging potential users from adopting the appropriate… Expand
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