A robust imputation method for missing responses and covariates in sample selection models

Ogundimu, Emmanuel and Collins, Gary (2019) A robust imputation method for missing responses and covariates in sample selection models. Statistical Methods in Medical Research, 28 (1). pp. 102-116. ISSN 0962-2802

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Abstract

Sample selection arises when the outcome of interest is partially observed in a study. Although sophisticated statistical methods in the parametric and non-parametric framework have been proposed to solve this problem, it is yet unclear how to deal with selectively missing covariate data using simple multiple imputation techniques, especially in the absence of exclusion restrictions and deviation from normality. Motivated by the 2003-2004 NHANES data, where previous authors have studied the effect of socio-economic status on blood pressure with missing data on income variable, we proposed the use of a robust imputation technique based on the selection-t sample selection model. The imputation method, which is developed within the frequentist framework, is compared with competing alternatives in a simulation study. The results indicate that the robust alternative is not susceptible to the absence of exclusion restriction- a property inherited from the parent selection-t model- and performs better than models based on the normal assumption even when the data is generated from the normal distribution. Applications to missing outcome and covariate data further corroborate the robustness properties of the pro-posed method. We implemented the proposed approach within the MICE environment in R Statistical Software.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Student-t distribution; Heckman model; Missing data; Multiple imputation; Robust method; MICE package
Subjects: G300 Statistics
Department: Faculties > Engineering and Environment > Mathematics, Physics and Electrical Engineering
Depositing User: Becky Skoyles
Date Deposited: 30 May 2017 08:37
Last Modified: 01 Aug 2021 07:38
URI: http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/30872

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