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For analyses with missing data, some popular procedures delete cases with missing values, perform analysis with “missing value” correlation or covariance matrices, or estimate missing values by sample means. There are objections to each of these procedures. Several procedures are outlined here for replacing missing values by regression values obtained in various ways, and for adjusting coefficients (such as factor score coefficients) when data are missing. None of the procedures are complex or expensive.
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This research was supported by NIH Special Research Resources Grant RR-3. The author expresses his gratitude to Robert I. Jennrich and the referees for their suggestions.
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Frane, J.W. Some simple procedures for handling missing data in multivariate analysis. Psychometrika 41, 409–415 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02293565
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