Stef van Buuren

Multiple imputation of discrete and continuous data by fully conditional specification

The goal of multiple imputation is to provide valid inferences for statistical estimates from incomplete data. To achieve that goal, imputed values should preserve the structure...

Multiple imputation of missing blood pressure covariates in survival analysis

This paper studies a non-response problem in survival analysis where the occurrence of missing data in the risk factor is related to mortality. In a study to determine the influ...

WHO child growth standards: length/height-for-age, weight-for-age, weight-for-length, weight-for-height and body mass index-for-age - Methods and development

Continuing Positive Secular Growth Change in the Netherlands 1955–1997

Construction of the World Health Organization child growth standards: selection of methods for attained growth curves

The World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with a number of research institutions worldwide, is developing new child growth standards. As part of a broad consultative...

Flexible Imputation of Missing Data, Second Edition