Planned Missing Data Designs with Small Sample Sizes: How Small Is Too Small?

Autor/inn/en	Jia, Fan; Moore, E. Whitney G.; Kinai, Richard; Crowe, Kelly S.; Schoemann, Alexander M.; Little, Todd D.
Titel	Planned Missing Data Designs with Small Sample Sizes: How Small Is Too Small?
Quelle	In: International Journal of Behavioral Development, 38 (2014) 5, S.435-452 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0165-0254
DOI	10.1177/0165025414531095
Schlagwörter	Data Analysis; Statistical Inference; Error of Measurement; Computation; Multivariate Analysis; Research Problems; Maximum Likelihood Statistics; Simulation; Statistical Bias; Models; Sample Size; Factor Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Auswertung; Inferential statistics; Schließende Statistik; Messfehler; Multivariate Analyse; Forschungskritik; Simulation program; Simulationsprogramm; Analogiemodell; Faktorenanalyse
Abstract	Utilizing planned missing data (PMD) designs (ex. 3-form surveys) enables researchers to ask participants fewer questions during the data collection process. An important question, however, is just how few participants are needed to effectively employ planned missing data designs in research studies. This article explores this question by using simulated three-form planned missing data to assess analytic model convergence, parameter estimate bias, standard error bias, mean squared error (MSE), and relative efficiency (RE). Three models were examined: a one-time-point, cross-sectional model with 3 constructs; a two-time-point model with 3 constructs at each time point; and a three-time-point, mediation model with 3 constructs over three time points. Both full-information maximum likelihood (FIML) and multiple imputation (MI) were used to handle the missing data. Models were found to meet convergence rate and acceptable bias criteria with FIML at smaller sample sizes than with MI. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10