New England Journal of Medicine· 2012Q1
The Prevention and Treatment of Missing Data in Clinical Trials
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Short summary
This article reviews methods for preventing missing data in clinical trials and strategies for handling data that are missing.
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Key points
- Missing data poses a significant threat to the validity of clinical trial inferences.
- The article reviews methods for preventing data from becoming missing.
- It also covers strategies for dealing with data that is already missing.
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Abstract
Missing data in clinical trials can have a major effect on the validity of the inferences that can be drawn from the trial. This article reviews methods for preventing missing data and, failing that, dealing with data that are missing.
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Field: Statistics and Probability
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