All day, Monday 17 October 2016 - Tuesday 18 October 2016

Place: The Cathie Marsh Institute for Social Research, Manchester.

This course will begin with a discussion of the issues and problems raised by missing data, and introduce the key concepts required for classifying missing data mechanisms into one of three types. It will consider some of the frequently adopted ‘ad-hoc’ approaches for handling missing data, and discuss their limitations; and introduce the method of multiple imputation, a practical and principled approach for handling missing data. Through computer practicals using Stata, you will learn how to investigate missingness in your data and how to apply the statistical methods introduced in the course to realistic datasets.

The cost for UK registered postgraduate students is £60 (£30 per day). For further information and to book, please visit the NCRM website.