%X For simulation studies that evaluate methods of handling missing data, we argue that generating partially observed data by fixing the complete data and repeatedly simulating the missingness indicators is a superficially attractive idea but only rarely appropriate to use. %L discovery10178910 %I Wiley %O This version is the author-accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. %J Biometrical Journal %A Tim P Morris %A Ian R White %A Suzie Cro %A Jonathan W Bartlett %A James R Carpenter %A Tra My Pham %V 66 %N 1 %T Comment on Oberman & Vink: Should we fix or simulate the complete data in simulation studies evaluating missing data methods? %D 2024