Journal
BIOMETRICS
Volume 64, Issue 1, Pages 85-95Publisher
BLACKWELL PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0420.2007.00839.x
Keywords
error in variable; estimating equation; latent model; misclassification; missing at random; nonignorable missing
Funding
- NCI NIH HHS [CA53996, CA090747, CA88754] Funding Source: Medline
- NIA NIH HHS [AG15026] Funding Source: Medline
- NIDCR NIH HHS [DE52605] Funding Source: Medline
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Missing data, measurement error, and misclassification are three important problems in many research fields, such as epidemiological studies. It is well known that missing data and measurement error in covariates may lead to biased estimation. Misclassification may be considered as a special type of measurement error, for categorical data. Nevertheless, we treat misclassification as a different problem from measurement error because statistical models for them are different. Indeed, in the literature, methods for these three problems were generally proposed separately given that statistical modeling for them are very different. The problem is more challenging in a longitudinal study with nonignorable missing data. In this article, we consider estimation in generalized linear models under these three incomplete data models. We propose a general approach based on expected estimating equations (EEEs) to solve these three incomplete data problems in a unified fashion. This EEE approach can be easily implemented and its asymptotic covariance can be obtained by sandwich estimation. Intensive simulation studies are performed under various incomplete data settings. The proposed method is applied to a longitudinal study of oral bone density in relation to body bone density.
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