A Method-of-Moments Estimation Procedure for Categorical Quality-of-Life Data with Nonignorable Missingness
非可忽略缺失的分类生活质量数据矩估计程序
Quality-of-life outcomes collected during clinical trials often have considerable amounts of missing data, which, if not appropriately accounted for, may lead to bias in inferences. We introduce a method-of-moments (MM) estimating procedure for a model designed to handle nonignorable missingness arising in categorical data measured on independent populations. The missingness mechanism is assumed to be the same across the populations. We derive necessary and sufficient…