An EM algorithm for regression analysis with incomplete covariate information

• Published in: Journal of statistical computation and simulation Vol. 77; no. 2; pp. 163 - 173
• Main Authors: Zhang, Zhiwei, Rockette, Howard E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis 01.02.2007
• ISSN: 0094-9655; 1563-5163
• DOI: 10.1080/10629360600565202

Regression analysis is often challenged by the fact that some covariates are not completely observed. Among other approaches is a newly developed semiparametric maximum likelihood (SML) method that requires no parametric specification of the selection mechanism or the covariate distribution and that...