{"id":266,"date":"2015-06-02T21:40:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-02T21:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/measuringu.com\/handle-missing-data\/"},"modified":"2021-08-10T09:29:18","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T15:29:18","slug":"handle-missing-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/measuringu.com\/handle-missing-data\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Ways to Handle Missing Data"},"content":{"rendered":"
Data goes missing.<\/p>\n
It’s a fact of life for the researcher.<\/p>\n
You put time and money into a research study. You do what you can to prevent missing data and dropout, <\/a>but missing values happen and you have to deal with it.<\/p>\n How do you address that lost data?<\/p>\n First, determine the pattern of your missing data. There are three types of missing data<\/a>:<\/p>\n And here are seven things you can do about that missing data:<\/p>\n Imputation is replacing missing values with substitute values. The following methods use some form of imputation.<\/p>\n Missing data is like a medical concern: ignoring it doesn’t make it go away. Ideally your data is missing at random and one of these seven approaches will help you make the most of the data you have.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Data goes missing. It’s a fact of life for the researcher. You put time and money into a research study. You do what you can to prevent missing data and dropout, but missing values happen and you have to deal with it. 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