Abstract Details
Activity Number:
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326
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Type:
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Topic Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, August 5, 2014 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
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Sponsor:
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Biometrics Section
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Abstract #311351
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Title:
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Pseudo-Likelihood Estimation for Incomplete Data
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Author(s):
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Geert Molenberghs*+
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Companies:
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Universiteit Hasselt & Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
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Keywords:
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pseudo-likelihood ;
double robustness ;
incomplete data ;
missing at random
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Abstract:
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In applied statistical practice, incomplete measurement sequences are the rule rather than the exception. Fortunately, in a large variety of settings, the stochastic mechanism governing the incompleteness can be ignored without hampering inferences about the measurement process. While ignorability only requires the relatively general missing at random assumption for likelihood and Bayesian inferences, this result cannot be invoked when non-likelihood methods are used. A direct consequence of this is that a popular non-likelihood-based method, such as generalized estimating equations, needs to be adapted towards a weighted version or doubly-robust version, when a missing at random process operates. So far, no such modification has been devised for pseudo-likelihood based strategies. We propose a suite of corrections to the standard form of pseudo-likelihood, to ensure its validity under missingness at random. Our corrections follow both single and double robustness ideas, and is relatively simple to apply. When missingness is in the form of dropout in longitudinal data or incomplete clusters, such a structure can be exploited towards further corrections. The proposed method is appli
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