A New Method for Analysing Discrete Life History Data with Missing Covariate Values
协变量缺失时离散生命史数据分析的新方法
Summary Regular censusing of wild animal populations produces data for estimating their annual survival. However, there can be missing covariate data; for instance time varying covariates that are measured on individual animals often contain missing values. By considering the transitions that occur from each occasion to the next, we derive a novel expression for the likelihood for mark–recapture–recovery data, which is equivalent to the traditional likelihood in the case…