Missing Data in Longitudinal Studies

Strategies for Bayesian Modeling and Sensitivity Analysis
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-58488-609-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc

Buch, Englisch, 324 Seiten, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 599 g

Reihe: Chapman & Hall/CRC Monographs on Statistics and Applied Probability

Drawing from the authors’ own work and from the most recent developments in the field, Missing Data in Longitudinal Studies: Strategies for Bayesian Modeling and Sensitivity Analysis describes a comprehensive Bayesian approach for drawing inference from incomplete data in longitudinal studies. To illustrate these methods, the authors employ several data sets throughout that cover a range of study designs, variable types, and missing data issues.
The book first reviews modern approaches to formulate and interpret regression models for longitudinal data. It then discusses key ideas in Bayesian inference, including specifying prior distributions, computing posterior distribution, and assessing model fit. The book carefully describes the assumptions needed to make inferences about a full-data distribution from incompletely observed data. For settings with ignorable dropout, it emphasizes the importance of covariance models for inference about the mean while for nonignorable dropout, the book studies a variety of models in detail. It concludes with three case studies that highlight important features of the Bayesian approach for handling nonignorable missingness.
With suggestions for further reading at the end of most chapters as well as many applications to the health sciences, this resource offers a unified Bayesian approach to handle missing data in longitudinal studies.

Zielgruppe

Professional and Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Daniels, Michael J.

Hogan, Joseph W.

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Stochastik Mathematische Statistik
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Stochastik Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface. Description of Motivating Examples. Regression Models. Methods of Bayesian Inference. Bayesian Analysis Using Data on Completers. Missing Data Mechanisms and Longitudinal Data. Inference about Full-Data Parameters under Ignorability. Case Studies: Ignorable Missingness. Modelsfor handling Nonignorable Missingness. Informative Priors and Sensitivity Analysis. Case Studies: Model Specification and Data Analysis under Missing Not at Random. Appendix. Bibliography. Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Michael J. Daniels, Joseph W. Hogan