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Bayesian models for weighted data with missing values: a bootstrap approach

Goldstein, H; Carpenter, J; Kenward, MG; (2018) Bayesian models for weighted data with missing values: a bootstrap approach. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series C (Applied Statistics) , 67 (4) pp. 1071-1081. 10.1111/rssc.12259. Green open access

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Abstract

Many data sets, especially from surveys, are made available to users with weights. Where the derivation of such weights is known, this information can often be incorporated in the user's substantive model (model of interest). When the derivation is unknown, the established procedure is to carry out a weighted analysis. However, with non‐trivial proportions of missing data this is inefficient and may be biased when data are not missing at random. Bayesian approaches provide a natural approach for the imputation of missing data, but it is unclear how to handle the weights. We propose a weighted bootstrap Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithm for estimation and inference. A simulation study shows that it has good inferential properties. We illustrate its utility with an analysis of data from the Millennium Cohort Study.

Type: Article
Title: Bayesian models for weighted data with missing values: a bootstrap approach
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1111/rssc.12259
Publisher version: http://doi.org/10.1111/rssc.12259
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Markov chain Monte Carlo sampling, Millennium Cohort Study, Missing data, Weighted bootstrap
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Inst of Clinical Trials and Methodology
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Inst of Clinical Trials and Methodology > MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Population, Policy and Practice Dept
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10056606
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