Background Health surveys provide a rich array of information but on relatively small
numbers of individuals and evidence suggests that they are becoming less representative …

Multiple imputation has entered mainstream practice for the analysis of incomplete data. We
have used it extensively in a large Australian longitudinal cohort study, the Victorian …

National health surveys, such as the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, are
used to monitor trends of nutritional biomarkers. These surveys try to maintain the same …

Common data sources for assessing the health of a population of interest include large‐
scale surveys based on interviews that often pose questions requiring a self‐report, such …

Background Multiple imputation is becoming increasingly popular for handling missing data.
However, it is often implemented without adequate consideration of whether it offers any …

Background In modern health care systems, the computerization of all aspects of clinical
care has led to the development of large data repositories. For example, in the UK, large …

Background. Nonresponse bias is a concern in any epidemiologic survey in which a subset
of selected individuals declines to participate. Methods. We reviewed multiple imputation, a …

Objective One of the main goals of health examination surveys is to provide unbiased
estimates of health indicators at the population level. We demonstrate how multiple …

Background In many countries, the prevalence of non-communicable diseases risk factors is
commonly assessed through self-reported information from health interview surveys. It has …

Multiple imputation can be a good solution to handling missing data if data are missing at
random. However, this assumption is often difficult to verify. We describe an application of …