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Studies in the social and behavioral sciences frequently suffer from missing data. For instance, sample surveys often have some individuals who either refuse to participate or do not supply answers to certain questions, and panel studies often have incomplete data due to attrition. Recent comprehensive treatments of the subject of missing data include three volumes produced by the Panel on Incomplete Data of the Committee on National Statistics (Madow, Nisselson, and Olkin 1983; Madow and Olkin 1983; Madow, Olkin, and Rubin 1983) and Little and Rubin (1987).
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Little, R.J.A., Schenker, N. (1995). Missing Data. In: Arminger, G., Clogg, C.C., Sobel, M.E. (eds) Handbook of Statistical Modeling for the Social and Behavioral Sciences. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1292-3_2
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