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Program For Missing Data In The Multivariate Normal Distribution, Chi-Ping Lu Jan 1975

Program For Missing Data In The Multivariate Normal Distribution, Chi-Ping Lu

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

Missing data can often cause many problems in research work. Therefore for carrying out analysis, some procedure for obtaining estimates in the presence of missing data should be applied. Various theories and techniques have been developed for different types of problems.

Analysis of the Multivariate Normal Distribution with missing data is one of the areas studied. It has been discussed earlier by Wilkes (1932), Lord (1955), Edgett (1956) and Hartley (1958). They have established some basic concepts and an outline in the way of estimation.

In the last ten years, A. A. Afifi and R. M. Elasfoff also have contributed …