Dr Emmanuel Ogundimu emmanuel.ogundimu@durham.ac.uk
Associate Professor
Sample selection arises when the outcome of interest is partially observed in a study. Although sophisticated statistical methods in the parametric and non-parametric framework have been proposed to solve this problem, it is yet unclear how to deal with selectively missing covariate data using simple multiple imputation techniques, especially in the absence of exclusion restrictions and deviation from normality. Motivated by the 2003–2004 NHANES data, where previous authors have studied the effect of socio-economic status on blood pressure with missing data on income variable, we proposed the use of a robust imputation technique based on the selection-t sample selection model. The imputation method, which is developed within the frequentist framework, is compared with competing alternatives in a simulation study. The results indicate that the robust alternative is not susceptible to the absence of exclusion restrictions – a property inherited from the parent selection-t model – and performs better than models based on the normal assumption even when the data is generated from the normal distribution. Applications to missing outcome and covariate data further corroborate the robustness properties of the proposed method. We implemented the proposed approach within the MICE environment in R Statistical Software.
Ogundimu, E. O., & Collins, G. S. (2019). A robust imputation method for missing responses and covariates in sample selection models. Statistical Methods in Medical Research, 28(1), 102-116. https://doi.org/10.1177/0962280217715663
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Online Publication Date | Jul 5, 2017 |
Publication Date | 2019-01 |
Deposit Date | Oct 11, 2020 |
Publicly Available Date | Oct 15, 2021 |
Journal | Statistical Methods in Medical Research |
Print ISSN | 0962-2802 |
Electronic ISSN | 1477-0334 |
Publisher | SAGE Publications |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 28 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 102-116 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1177/0962280217715663 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1290423 |
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Ogundimu, Emmanuel O & Collins, Gary S (2019). A robust imputation method for missing responses and covariates in sample selection models. Statistical Methods in Medical Research 28(1): 102-116. Copyright The Author(s) 2017. DOI: 10.1177/0962280217715663
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