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Activity Number: 318 - Analyzing Government Data with Missing Item Values: A WSS Invited Session
Type: Invited
Date/Time: Tuesday, August 1, 2017 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
Sponsor: Host Chapter
Abstract #322122
Title: Recommended Methods for Handling Missing Item Values in Regression Analyzes of the National Survey on Drug Use and Health
Author(s): Peter Frechtel* and Phillip Kott and Rachel Harter and Susan Edwards and Jeff Laufenberg and Stephen Tueller and Jiantong Wang and Sarra Hedden and Jonaki Bose and Rebecca Ahrnsbrak and Rachel Lipari and Matthew Williams
Companies: RTI International and RTI and RTI International and RTI International and RTI International and RTI International and RTI International and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Keywords: item nonresponse ; missing data ; imputation ; regression ; National Survey on Drug Use and Health
Abstract:

The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) is sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and has been conducted by RTI International since 1988. It provides data on the use of tobacco, alcohol, illicit drugs (including non-medical use of prescription drugs) and mental health in the U.S. at both the national and state-level. Analysts often fit regression and other models to data from this complex survey. We provide a guide to analysts interested in fitting regression models using data from the NSDUH by providing them with scientifically defensible methods for handling missing item values in regression analyses (MIVRA). To this end, a simulation experiment was performed that evaluated several MIVRA methods using NSDUH data. Combining the results of a literature review and the simulation experiment, we offer advice to analysts on which methods are best to use in which situations.


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