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Re: st: Multiple Imputation on Panel Data: all variables have missing data, and the panels are expanding
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Neil Shephard <[email protected]>
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Re: st: Multiple Imputation on Panel Data: all variables have missing data, and the panels are expanding
Date
Tue, 7 Sep 2010 09:02:22 +0000
>> So here's my situation: I have a rich panel dataset from a developing
>> country that could yield some interesting policy results. It is the
>> unfortunate consequence of working on data from a developing country,
>> that the data has missing values.
>
> That is true everywhere.
>
...and brings to mind the following quote....
"The combination of some data and an aching desire for an answer does
not ensure that a reasonable answer can be extracted from a given body
of data." ~ John Tukey (1986), "Sunset salvo". The American
Statistician 40(1)
(electronic copy available at
http://www-stat.wharton.upenn.edu/~steele/HoldingPen/SunsetSalvo.pdf )
Neil
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