Planned missing data designs with small sample sizes: How small is too small?

This article explores this question by using simulated three-form planned missing data to assess analytic model convergence, parameter estimate bias, standard error bias, mean squared error (MSE), and relative efficiency (RE).Three models were examined: a one-time-point, cross-sectional model with 3 constructs; a two-time-point model with 3 constructs at each time point; and a three-time-point, mediation model with 3 constructs over three time points. Both full-information maximum likelihood (FIML) and multiple imputation (MI) were used to handle the missing data. Models were found to meet convergence rate and acceptable bias criteria with FIML at smaller sample sizes than with MI.

Source: International Journal of Behavioral Development - July 31, 2014 Category: Child Development Authors: Jia, F., Moore, E. W. G., Kinai, R., Crowe, K. S., Schoemann, A. M., Little, T. D. Tags: Special issue: Planned missingness Source Type: research