scholarly journals Multiply robust bootstrap variance estimation in the presence of singly imputed survey data

Author(s):  
Sixia Chen ◽  
David Haziza ◽  
Zeinab Mashreghi

Abstract Item nonresponse in surveys is usually dealt with through single imputation. It is well known that treating the imputed values as if they were observed values may lead to serious underestimation of the variance of point estimators. In this article, we propose three pseudo-population bootstrap schemes for estimating the variance of imputed estimators obtained after applying a multiply robust imputation procedure. The proposed procedures can handle large sampling fractions and enjoy the multiple robustness property. Results from a simulation study suggest that the proposed methods perform well in terms of relative bias and coverage probability, for both population totals and quantiles.

1986 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven B. Cohen ◽  
Vicki L. Burt ◽  
Gretchen K. Jones

2014 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taylor Lewis ◽  
Elizabeth Goldberg ◽  
Nathaniel Schenker ◽  
Vladislav Beresovsky ◽  
Susan Schappert ◽  
...  

Abstract The National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey collects data on office-based physician care from a nationally representative, multistage sampling scheme where the ultimate unit of analysis is a patient-doctor encounter. Patient race, a commonly analyzed demographic, has been subject to a steadily increasing item nonresponse rate. In 1999, race was missing for 17 percent of cases; by 2008, that figure had risen to 33 percent. Over this entire period, single imputation has been the compensation method employed. Recent research at the National Center for Health Statistics evaluated multiply imputing race to better represent the missing-data uncertainty. Given item nonresponse rates of 30 percent or greater, we were surprised to find many estimates’ ratios of multiple-imputation to single-imputation estimated standard errors close to 1. A likely explanation is that the design effects attributable to the complex sample design largely outweigh any increase in variance attributable to missing-data uncertainty.


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