IJE Advance Access originally published online on July 17, 2006
International Journal of Epidemiology 2006 35(4):1081-1082; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl139
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Commentary: Dealing with measurement error: multiple imputation or regression calibration?
MRC Biostatistics Unit, Institute of Public Health, Cambridge CB2 2SR, UK
E-mail: ian.white@mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk
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Multiple imputation (MI) is a well-established method of handling missing data and is increasingly implemented in statistical software packages. Unlike other imputation methods, MI produces not one but several imputed datasets. This enables it to appropriately reflect the uncertainty due to missing data and, hence, to produce valid statistical inferences.1
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