This book provides practical guidance on multiple imputation analysis, from simple to complex problems using real and simulated data sets. Data sets from cross-sectional, retrospective, prospective and longitudinal studies, randomized clinical trials, complex sample surveys are used to illustrate both simple, and complex analyses.

1. Basic Concepts 2. Descriptive Statistics 3. Linear Models 4. Generalized Linear Model 5. Categorical Data Analysis 6. Survival Analysis 7.Structural Equation Models 8. Longitudinal Data Analysis 9. Complex Survey Data Analysis using BBDESIGN 10.Sensitivity Analysis 11. Odds and Ends. Appendices

Trivellore Raghunathan is the director of the Survey Research Center in the Institute for Social Research and professor of biostatistics in the School of Public Health at the University of Michigan. He has published numerous papers in a range of statistical and public health journals. His research interests include applied regression analysis, linear models, design of experiments, sample survey methods, and Bayesian inference.

Patricia A. Berglund is a senior research associate in the Youth and Social Indicators Program and Survey Methodology Program in the Survey Research Center at the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research.