Teaching Missing Data Methodology to Undergraduates Using a Group-Based Project Within a Six-Week Summer Program.

ABSTRACT: Missing data mechanisms, methods of handling missing data, and the potential impact of missing data on study results are usually not taught until graduate school. However, the appropriate handling of missing data is fundamental to biomedical research and should be introduced earlier on in a student's education. The Summer Institute for Training in Biostatistics (SIBS) provides practical experience to motivate trainees to pursue graduate training and biomedical research. Since 2010, SIBS Pittsburgh has demonstrated the feasibility of introducing missing data concepts to trainees in a small-group project-based setting that involves both simulation and data analysis. After learning about missing data mechanisms and statistical techniques, trainees apply what they have learned to a NIDDK/NIH-f

SUBMITTER: Marron MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7831542 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature