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STATISTICA SINICA
卷 21, 期 4, 页码 1881-1899出版社
STATISTICA SINICA
DOI: 10.5705/ss.2009.252
关键词
Generalized additive model; MNAR; nonignorability; semiparametric joint selection model; sensitivity analysis
资金
- NIH [UL1RR029879]
In missing data analysis, there is often a need to assess the sensitivity of key inferences to departures from untestable assumptions regarding the missing data process. Such sensitivity analysis often requires specifying a missing data model that commonly assumes parametric functional forms for the predictors of rnissingness. In this paper, we relax the parametric assumption and investigate the use of a generalized additive missing data model. We also consider the possibility of a nonlinear relationship between missingness and the potentially missing outcome, whereas the existing literature commonly assumes a more restricted linear relationship. To avoid computational complexity, we adopt an index approach for local sensitivity. We derive explicit formulas for the resulting semiparametric sensitivity index. The computation of the index is simple, and completely avoids the need to repeatedly fit the semiparametric nonignorable model. Only estimates from the standard software analysis are required, with a moderate amount of additional computation. Thus, the semiparametric index provides a fast and robust method to adjust the standard estimates for nonignorable missingness. An extensive simulation study is conducted to evaluate the effects of misspecifying the missing data model and to compare the performance of the proposed approach with the commonly used parametric approaches. The simulation study suggests that the proposed method helps reduce bias that might arise from the misspecification of the functional forms of predictors in the missing data model. We illustrate the method in a Wage Offer dataset.
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