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1 Paper 312-2012 Handling Missing data by Maximum likelihood Paul D. Allison, Statistical Horizons, Haverford, PA, USA ABSTRACT Multiple imputation is rapidly becoming a popular method for Handling Missing data , especially with easy-to-use software like PROC MI. In this paper, however, I argue that Maximum likelihood is usually better than multiple imputation for several important reasons. I then demonstrate how Maximum likelihood for Missing data can readily be implemented with the following SAS procedures: MI, MIXED, GLIMMIX, CALIS and QLIM. INTRODUCTION Perhaps the most universal dilemma in statistics is what to do about Missing data .

1 Paper 312-2012 Handling Missing Data by Maximum Likelihood Paul D. Allison, Statistical Horizons, Haverford, PA, USA ABSTRACT Multiple imputation is rapidly becoming a popular method for handling missing data, especially with easy-to-use

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