Panpan Zhang

Statistical Analysis of Incomplete Longitudinal Data Under Different Missing Scenarios

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Panpan Zhang, Biostatistics

I have a postdoctoral researcher under Professor Sharon Xie's supervision. Our primary reserach focus is developing novel statistical methods for missing data and longitudinal data motivated by neurodegenerative diseases. Besides, I have interest in network analysis and probablistic graphical models.

Authors

P Zhang1, S Xie1

  1. The University of Pennsylvania

Abstract

In this research, we compare the performance of available-case analysis (ACA) and multiple imputation (MI) dealing with missing data in longitudinal studies. More precisely, we consider missing data occurring in longitudinal responses, covariates or both under different scenarios of missingness specified by missing data generation procedure. The missing data may depend on observed responses only, fully observed covariates, partially observed covariates, or a combination of observed responses and covariates, etc. For each scenario, extensive simulations are carried out, where the performance of ACA and MI is assessed through estimation bias and relative efficiency. All the simulations are done under the assumption of missing at random (MAR). In addition, we apply the methods to a neurodegenerative disease data set.

Keywords

Longitudinal data; missing data; multiple imputation

Comments

Great work!

Thanks Sharon.

Thanks for the presentation PanPan. Did you explore different missing data patterns in the outcome (e.g. intermittent vs missing due to dropout)? How plausible is the MAR assumption in your data example?

Hi, Professor Morales,

Thank you for the questions. In the simulations, the missing outcomes do not have to be monotone (e.g. missing the second visit but coming back in the next). In fact, in the real data example, we have observed intermittent pattern in the missing data, too.

The assumption of MAR is primarily based on the collaborators' expertise and research experience. To the best of my understanding, there is no evidence to show that the longitudinal outcomes are not missing at random. However, this assumption has not yet been rigorously justified. We will investigate that and get back to you.

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