Example sentences for: impute

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  • MAR means that the probability of missing depends only on observed variables [ 3 ] . Four strategies for examining the bias or sensitivity of results when MAR does not hold are to ( i ) fit all saturated MAR and non-MAR missing-data models [ 4 5 ] , ( ii ) add a parameter to various MAR models to make them non-MAR and test if the fit is significantly improved [ 6 7 ] , ( iii ) impute the missing data in one arm using the observed proportion of events in the other arm [ 8 9 ] , ( iv ) estimate results under a non-MAR missing-data mechanism with key parameters specified by the investigator [ 1 10 ] - [ 13 ] . We propose a variation of method ( iv ) for randomized trials with binary outcome that explicitly uses the randomization distribution to reduce user input.

  • There are methods based on a single imputation and methods based on multiple imputation, which, instead of filling in a single value for each missing value, replace each missing value with a set of plausible values that represent the uncertainty about the right value to impute.

  • • Samples of convenience are extrapolated to the entire population, such as trying to impute the U.S. incidence of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections based on data from the few states that report good data.

  • But what has intent to do with it, even assuming you can accurately impute motive?

  • To impute such sacrifices to a desire for speed is not only a misinterpretation of the evidence but a curious thing to say, for those who are in a hurry are scarcely likely to stop everything, pick up this (or any other book) to check something, and then resume their headlong plunge into the solecistic abyss.


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